Abstract
In this paper, a framework for evaluating the bit-error-rate (BER) performance of amplify-and-forward (AF) relay-assisted cooperative transmission is provided in the presence of imperfect channel estimation. First, the AF relaying is classified into two cases-a variable gain and a fixed gain. For each case, the closed-form average BER is derived by using the moment-generating function (MGF) of the effective output SNR, which quantifies the SNR penalty due to the noisy channel estimate. Moreover, the asymptotic BER bound is also provided at a high SNR regime for the insight of our approach. In particular, the effect of the feedforward delay on informing the source-relay channel estimate as to the destination is presented in the variable-gain relay. Numerical investigation shows that the analytic result makes an exact match with the simulation, and the comparative superiority between the fixed- and variable-gain relay is discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 2083-2088 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue number | 4 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2009 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Manuscript received February 26, 2008; revised August 18, 2008. First published October 31, 2008; current version published April 22, 2009. This work was supported by the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation through the National Research Laboratory Program under Grant R0A-2007-000-20043-0 and by the Ministry of Knowledge Economy, Korea, under the Information Technology Research Center support program supervised by the Institute of Information Technology Assessment under Grant IITA-2008-C1090-0803-0002. The review of this paper was coordinated by Dr. M. Dohler.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Automotive Engineering
- Aerospace Engineering
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Applied Mathematics