Novel relations between the ergodic capacity and the average bit error rate

Ferkan Yilmaz*, Mohamed Slim Alouini

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Abstract

Ergodic capacity and average bit error rate have been widely used to compare the performance of different wireless communication systems. As such recent scientific research and studies revealed strong impact of designing and implementing wireless technologies based on these two performance indicators. However and to the best of our knowledge, the direct links between these two performance indicators have not been explicitly proposed in the literature so far. In this paper, we propose novel relations between the ergodic capacity and the average bit error rate of an overall communication system using binary modulation schemes for signaling with a limited bandwidth and operating over generalized fading channels. More specifically, we show that these two performance measures can be represented in terms of each other, without the need to know the exact end-to-end statistical characterization of the communication channel. We validate the correctness and accuracy of our newly proposed relations and illustrated their usefulness by considering some classical examples.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISWCS'11 - 2011 8th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, Proceedings
Pages789-793
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 8th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS'11 - Aachen, Germany
Duration: 6 Nov 20119 Nov 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings of the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems
ISSN (Print)2154-0217
ISSN (Electronic)2154-0225

Conference

Conference2011 8th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS'11
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityAachen
Period6/11/119/11/11

Keywords

  • binary modulation schemes
  • bit error rate
  • Ergodic capacity
  • generalized fading channels

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