CINR difference analysis of optimal combining versus maximal ratio combining

Authors:
J. P. Burke;J. R. Zeidler;B. D. Rao
Affiliations:
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, San Diego, CA, USA;-;-
Venue:
IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Year:
2005

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Abstract

The statistical gain differences between two common spatial combining algorithms: optimum combining (OC) and maximal ratio combining (MRC) are analyzed using a gain ratio method. Using the receive carrier-to-interference plus noise ratio (CINR), the gain ratio ClNROC /CINRMRC is evaluated in a flat Rayleigh fading communications system with multiple interferers. Exact analytical solutions are derived for the probability density function (PDF) and the average gain ratio with one interferer. When more than one interferer is present, the PDF of the gain ratio is illustrated using Monte Carlo simulations and its mean value is shown in basic integral form. An upper bound to the gain ratio is derived providing a simple means to determine when OC will exhibit significant gains over MRC.