IEICE Transactions on Communications
Online ISSN : 1745-1345
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On the Performance Analysis of Distributed Space-Time Code over Nakagami-m Multipath Channels
Zhimeng ZHONGShihua ZHUGangming LV
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2008 Volume E91.B Issue 11 Pages 3740-3744

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In this letter, we analyze the pairwise error probability (PEP) behaviour of distributed space-time code (DSTC) with amplify-and-forward relaying over Nakagami-m multipath channels. An upper bound of PEP for DSTC is derived. From our analysis, it is seen that of the paths from the source to relays and from relays to the destination, those with smaller diversity order result in an overall system performance bottleneck. Numerical examples are provided to corroborate our theoretical analysis.

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