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Outage Performance Analysis of Cooperative Diversity with MRC and SC in Correlated Lognormal Channels

EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking volume 2009, Article number: 707839 (2009) Cite this article

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The study of relaying systems has found renewed interest in the context of cooperative diversity for communication channels suffering from fading. This paper provides analytical expressions for the end-to-end SNR and outage probability of cooperative diversity in correlated lognormal channels, typically found in indoor and specific outdoor environments. The system under consideration utilizes decode-and-forward relaying and Selection Combining or Maximum Ratio Combining at the destination node. The provided expressions are used to evaluate the gains of cooperative diversity compared to noncooperation in correlated lognormal channels, taking into account the spectral and energy efficiency of the protocols and the half-duplex or full-duplex capability of the relay. Our analysis demonstrates that correlation and lognormal variances play a significant role on the performance gain of cooperative diversity against noncooperation.

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  1. Wireless & Satellite Communications Group, Division of Information Transmission Systems and Materials Technology, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens, 9 Iroon Polytechniou Street, Zografou, 15780, Athens, Greece

    D. Skraparlis, V. K. Sakarellos, A. D. Panagopoulos & J. D. Kanellopoulos

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Skraparlis, D., Sakarellos, V.K., Panagopoulos, A.D. et al. Outage Performance Analysis of Cooperative Diversity with MRC and SC in Correlated Lognormal Channels. J Wireless Com Network 2009, 707839 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/707839

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