The 1st International ICST Workshop on Network Coding in Wireless Relay Network

Research Article

Performance Analysis of Cooperative Transmission in Multiple-Access Relay Networks over Nakagami Fading Channels

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158333,
        author={Chunlei HAN and Jianhua GE and Jing LI and Yang GAO},
        title={Performance Analysis of Cooperative Transmission in Multiple-Access Relay Networks over Nakagami Fading Channels},
        proceedings={The 1st International ICST Workshop on Network Coding in Wireless Relay Network},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={NRN},
        year={2012},
        month={3},
        keywords={bit error rate cooperative diversity error control coding fading channels},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158333}
    }
    
  • Chunlei HAN
    Jianhua GE
    Jing LI
    Yang GAO
    Year: 2012
    Performance Analysis of Cooperative Transmission in Multiple-Access Relay Networks over Nakagami Fading Channels
    NRN
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2011.6158333
Chunlei HAN1,*, Jianhua GE1, Jing LI1, Yang GAO1
  • 1: Xidian University
*Contact email: clhan@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a cooperative transmission scheme in multiple-access relay networks. By analyzing the error decoding event (EDE) probability, we derive a bit error rate (BER) approximation of the scheme over Nakagami fading channels. Simulation results verify the validity of the theoretical analysis, and further show that the considered scheme outperforms the conventional coded cooperation (CC) scheme, especially at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR).