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Selective Combining for Hybrid Cooperative Networks
In this study, we consider the selective combining in hybrid cooperative
networks (SCHCNs scheme) with one source node, one destination node and
relay nodes. In the SCHCN scheme, each relay first adaptively chooses between
amplify-and-forward protocol and decode-and-forward protocol on a per frame
basis by examining the error-detecting code result, and () relays will be selected to forward their received signals to the
destination. We first develop a signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) threshold-based
frame error rate (FER) approximation model. Then, the theoretical FER
expressions for the SCHCN scheme are derived by utilizing the proposed SNR
threshold-based FER approximation model. The analytical FER expressions are
validated through simulation results.Comment: 27 pages, 8 figures, IET Communications, 201
Dispensing with channel estimation: differentially modulated cooperative wireless communications
As a benefit of bypassing the potentially excessive complexity and yet inaccurate channel estimation, differentially encoded modulation in conjunction with low-complexity noncoherent detection constitutes a viable candidate for user-cooperative systems, where estimating all the links by the relays is unrealistic. In order to stimulate further research on differentially modulated cooperative systems, a number of fundamental challenges encountered in their practical implementations are addressed, including the time-variant-channel-induced performance erosion, flexible cooperative protocol designs, resource allocation as well as its high-spectral-efficiency transceiver design. Our investigations demonstrate the quantitative benefits of cooperative wireless networks both from a pure capacity perspective as well as from a practical system design perspective
Generalizing the Sampling Property of the Q-function for Error Rate Analysis of Cooperative Communication in Fading Channels
This paper extends some approximation methods that are used to identify
closed form Bit Error Rate (BER) expressions which are frequently utilized in
investigation and comparison of performance for wireless communication systems
in the literature. By using this group of approximation methods, some
expectation integrals, which are complicated to analyze and have high
computational complexity to evaluate through Monte Carlo simulations, are
computed. For these integrals, by using the sampling property of the integrand
functions of one or more arguments, reliable BER expressions revealing the
diversity and coding gains are derived. Although the methods we present are
valid for a larger class of integration problems, in this work we show the step
by step derivation of the BER expressions for a canonical cooperative
communication scenario in addition to a network coded system starting from
basic building blocks. The derived expressions agree with the simulation
results for a very wide range of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) values.Comment: 5 pages, 5 figures, Submitted to IEEE International Symposium on
Information Theory, ISIT 2013, Istanbul, Turke
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