2011/04/01 by George C. Alexandropoulos, Alexandropoulos, George C., Agisilaos Papadogiannis +3
Computer Science · Engineering · Mathematics · #Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization #Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies #Cooperative Communication and Network Coding #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Full-Duplex Wireless Communications #Information Theory (cs.IT) #Performance (cs.PF) #cs.IT #cs.PF #math.IT
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.1104.0118
Submitted to Journal of Computer Systems, Networks, and Communications
arxiv created 2011/04/01 · openalex publication_date 2011/04/01 · arxiv updated 2011/04/04 · openalex created_date 2022/09/12 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Utilizing relaying techniques to improve performance of wireless systems is a promising avenue. However, it is crucial to understand what type of relaying schemes should be used for achieving different performance objectives under realistic fading conditions. In this paper, we present a general framework for modelling and evaluating the performance of relaying schemes based on the decode-and-forward (DF) protocol over independent and not necessarily identically distributed (INID) Nakagami-m fading channels. In particular, we present closed-form expressions for the statistics of the instantaneous output signal-to-noise ratio of four significant relaying schemes with DF; two based on repetitive transmission and the other two based on relay selection (RS). These expressions are then used to obtain closed-form expressions for the outage probability and the average symbol error probability for several modulations of all considered relaying schemes over INID Nakagami-m fading. Importantly, it is shown that when the channel state information for RS is perfect, RS-based transmission schemes always outperform repetitive ones. Furthermore, when the direct link between the source and the destination nodes is sufficiently strong, relaying may not result in any gains and in this case it should be switched-off.