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Impact of Channel Estimation Errors in Cooperative Transmission over Nakagami-m Fading Channels

Lei WANG, Yueming CAI, Weiwei YANG

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In this paper, we analyze the impact of channel estimation errors for both decode-and-forward (DF) and amplify-and-forward (AF) cooperative communication systems over Nakagami-m fading channels. Firstly, we derive the exact one-integral and the approximate expressions of the symbol error rate (SER) for DF and AF relay systems with different modulations. We also present expressions showing the limitations of SER under channel estimation errors. Secondly, in order to quantify the impact of channel estimation errors, the average signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) gap ratio is investigated for the two types of cooperative communication systems. Numerical results confirm that our theoretical analysis for SER is very efficient and accurate. Comparison of the average SNR gap ratio shows that DF model is less susceptible to channel estimation errors than AF model.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E94-D No.2 pp.298-307
Publication Date
2011/02/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.E94.D.298
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Information Network

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