Simple Closed-Form Channel Capacity Formulas for the SIMO Nakagami Channel

Vagenas, Efstathios D.; Karadimas, Petros; Kotsopoulos, Stavros A.

Abstract

This paper presents simple closed-form expressions for the ergodic channel capacity of SIMO (single-input and multiple output) wireless systems operating in a Nakagami fading channel. As the performance of SIMO channel is closely related to the diversity combining techniques, we present close form expressions for the capacity of maximal ratio combining (MRC), equal gain combining (EGC) and selection combining (SC) diversity systems for Nakagami fading channels. Also for the first time in international literature, the ergodic capacity of a SIMO system in a Nakagami fading channel with none diversity combining technique applied, is derived. Finally numerical results are presented for illustration.

Citation

Vagenas, E. D., Karadimas, P., & Kotsopoulos, S. A. (2008). Simple Closed-Form Channel Capacity Formulas for the SIMO Nakagami Channel. In 2008 IEEE Globecom Workshops. https://doi.org/10.1109/glocomw.2008.ecp.97

• Conference Name: 2008 IEEE Globecom Workshops
• Conference Location: New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
• Start Date: Nov 30, 2008
• End Date: Dec 4, 2008
• Online Publication Date: Jan 9, 2009
• Publication Date: 2008
• Deposit Date: Dec 28, 2022
• Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Series ISSN: 2166-0077
• Book Title: 2008 IEEE Globecom Workshops
• ISBN: 978-1-4244-3061-1
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/glocomw.2008.ecp.97
• Public URL: http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/2994217