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Outage Performance of OFDM-Based Selective Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Networks Over Nakagami-m Fading Channels

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In this paper, we investigate the outage performance of OFDM-based selective decode-and-forward cooperative networks over independent but not necessarily identically distributed (i.n.i.d.) Nakagami-m fading channels, with integer values of parameter m. A unified closed-form expression for the outage probability is derived for three selective relaying schemes. The effect of the coherence bandwidth on the proposed scheme is also investigated. Monte Carlo simulations are carried out to validate our analysis.

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  1. Institute of Communications Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, 210007, Nanjing, China

    Wendong Yang, Weiwei Yang & Yueming Cai

  2. National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory, Southeast University, 210096, Nanjing, China

    Wendong Yang & Yueming Cai

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Yang, W., Yang, W. & Cai, Y. Outage Performance of OFDM-Based Selective Decode-and-Forward Cooperative Networks Over Nakagami-m Fading Channels. Wireless Pers Commun 56, 503–515 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-010-9986-7

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