Generation of correlated Rayleigh fading envelopes for spread spectrum applications

1 January 2000

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Communications Letters

Vol. 4 (1) , 9-11
https://doi.org/10.1109/4234.823533

Abstract

A procedure for generating N Rayleigh fading envelopes with any desired covariance matrix is given. This method, numerical in nature, enables researchers to simulate correlated fading envelopes, for use in: (1) the study of the impact of correlation on diversity system performance and (2) the study of multicarrier CDMA (MC-CDMA), where the number of carriers notably exceeds the degree of system diversity.

Keywords

RAYLEIGH CHANNELS
SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION
MULTICARRIER CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS
DIVERSITY METHODS
RANDOM VARIABLES
COVARIANCE MATRIX
MULTIACCESS COMMUNICATION
FADING
BANDWIDTH
INTEGRAL EQUATIONS

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