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| Title | Analytical envelope correlation and spectrum of maximal-ratio combined fading signals |
| Publication Type | Conference Paper |
| Year of Publication | 2003 |
| Authors | Iskander, C. - D., and P. T. Mathiopoulos |
| Conference Name | Communications, Computers and signal Processing, 2003. PACRim. 2003 IEEE Pacific Rim Conference on |
| Pagination | 446 - 449 vol.1 |
| Date Published | aug. |
| Keywords | analytical envelope correlation, autocorrelation function, correlation methods, diversity reception, fading signals, Gaussian distribution, infinite series expressions, land mobile radio, land-mobile radio channel, maximal-ratio, multidimensional Gaussian distributions, Nakagami fading channels, power spectrum, Rayleigh channels, Rayleigh fading channels, Rician channels, Rician fading channels, series (mathematics) |
| Abstract | Using results from the theory of multidimensional Gaussian distributions, we provide closed-form or infinite series expressions for the envelope autocorrelation function of the output of a maximal-ratio combiner, for Rayleigh, Nakagami and Rician fading. These expressions generalize known analytical results obtained for the case of no diversity. The power spectrum of the combined envelope is also obtained for Rayleigh and Nakagami fading. It is observed that for the land-mobile radio channel, the use of diversity slightly increases the time correlation between the receiver inputs, but in a nonuniform manner across the range of time lags. |
| URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/PACRIM.2003.1235812 |
| DOI | 10.1109/PACRIM.2003.1235812 |