Ergodic capacity for the SIMO Nakagami-m channel

Authors:
Efstathios D. Vagenas;Petros Karadimas;Stavros A. Kotsopoulos
Affiliations:
Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece;Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece;Wireless Telecommunications Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Patras, Rio Patras, Greece
Venue:
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on broadband wireless access
Year:
2009

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Abstract

This paper presents closed-form expressions for the ergodic channel capacity of SIMO (single-input and multiple output) wireless systems operating in a Nakagami-m fading channel. As the performance of SIMO channel is closely related to the diversity combining techniques, we present closed-form expressions for the capacity of maximal ratio combining (MRC), equal gain combining (EGC), selection combining (SC), and switch and stay (SSC) diversity systems operating in Nakagami-m fading channels. Also, the ergodic capacity of a SIMO system in a Nakagami-m fading channel without any diversity technique is derived. The latter scenario is further investigated for a large amount of receive antennas. Finally, numerical results are presented for illustration.