A novel and unified approach for averaged channel capacity and averaged effective capacity analyses of diversity combining and multihop transmission schemes in flat fading environments

Ferkan Yilmaz*, Mohamed Slim Alouini

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Abstract

In this paper, we introduce an Lp-norm aggregation to present a signal-to-noise ratio expression unified not only for such diversity combining schemes as equal-gain combining, maximal-ratio combining, and selection combining, but also for such transmission techniques as multihop transmission. Accordingly, we propose two moment-generating function-based approaches that both respectively unify the exact analyses of the averaged channel capacity and averaged effective capacity over generalized fading channels with respect to the diversity combining and multihop transmission schemes. Finally, the mathematical formalism is illustrated by numerical special cases and verified by simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)106-119
Number of pages14
JournalTurkish Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences
Volume27
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

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Funding

This work was supported partially by Yıldız Technical University (YTÜ) and partially by King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). The contribution of the authors are described as follows: F. Yilmaz gave the idea and solved the problem. F. Yilmaz and M.-S. Alouini interpreted the results. F. Yilmaz wrote the paper, and M.-S. Alouini made final corrections.

FundersFunder number
Yıldız Technical University
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology

    Keywords

    • Averaged channel capacity
    • Averaged effective capacity
    • Diversity combining schemes
    • Multihop transmission schemes
    • Unified signal-to-noise ratio

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