A useful integral for wireless communication theory and its application to rectangular signaling constellation error rates

2006/05/01 by N.C. Beaulieu, Norman C. Beaulieu
Engineering · Computer Science · #Advanced Wireless Communication Techniques #Wireless Communication Networks Research #Antenna Design and Optimization

paper · doi:10.1109/tcomm.2006.874003

Abstract

A useful integral, representing the average over Rayleigh fading of the product of two Gaussian Q-functions, is solved in closed-form. A closed-form solution for the symbol-error probability of general rectangular quadrature amplitude modulation in Rayleigh fading is derived.

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