High-Order Statistics for the Channel Capacity of EGC Receivers over Generalized Fading Channels

Kostas P. Peppas, P. Takis Mathiopoulos, Jing Yang, Can Zhang, Iwao Sasase

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Abstract

This letter presents novel results for the high-order capacity statistics of equal gain combining diversity receivers. The proposed methodology to obtain these results includes in the analysis the study of generalized fading channels and an arbitrary number of receiving antennas. Analytical expressions for the n-Th order capacity statistics as well as for the amount of dispersion, the reliability of the signal throughput, the kurtosis, and the skewness of the channel capacity distribution have been derived. The validity of the proposed methodology has been verified by means of Monte Carlo computer simulations. Furthermore, it has been shown that previously published results for the first-order capacity statistics are included in the analysis as special cases.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8379421
Pages (from-to)1740-1743
Number of pages4
JournalIEEE Communications Letters
Volume22
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2018 Aug

Keywords

  • Channel capacity
  • equal gain combining
  • high-order statistics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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