IEICE Transactions on Communications
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Concise Performance Analysis of Maximal Ratio Combining with Transmit Antenna Selection in Nakagami-m Fading Channels
Ching-Tai CHIANGChia-Chun HUNGNan-Yang YENRong-Ching WU
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2011 Volume E94.B Issue 2 Pages 595-598

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This letter presents structurally simpler symbol error rate (SER) expressions for Transmit Antenna Selection/Maximal-Ratio Combining (TAS/MRC) scheme in independent Nakagami-m fading channels in a comparison with those in the literature. First, the SER is derived as a single infinite series of simple functions for arbitrary m. For integer m, the SER can be attained as a closed-form expression with a double finite series. Moreover, simple asymptotic SER expressions suggest that the TAS/MRC scheme can achieve a full diversity order at high SNR. Numerical and simulation results verify the conciseness of the derived expressions.

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