Multiple Antenna Selection of Multi-Antenna Relays Using MSC Scheme | ||||
| International Conference on Aerospace Sciences and Aviation Technology | ||||
| Article 113, Volume 15, AEROSPACE SCIENCES & AVIATION TECHNOLOGY, ASAT - 15 – May 28 - 30, 2013, May 2013, Page 1-9 PDF (407.42 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/asat.2013.22264 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Ahmed El-Mahdy1; Ahmed Ali2 | ||||
| 1Professor in the faculty of information Engineering & Technology (IET), German University in Cairo. | ||||
| 24th year student in the faculty of IET. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| In this paper we analyze the performance of multiple relay networks when multiple antennas are deployed only at the relays. We apply minimum selection combining (MSC) scheme to select and combine the received signals at the relays. The channel is assumed to be Rayleigh flat fading. The performance of the network is investigated for known and estimated channel and for both decode-and-forward and amplify-and forward protocols. Channel estimation is performed using least square algorithm. The performance is compared with the performance of the network when the multiple antennas of the relays are combined using maximal ratio combiner (MRC). We show that reduction in complexity is achieved for decode-and-forward and amplify-and forward relaying protocols, with some sacrifices in performance. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| wireless communication; cooperative diversity; and fading channel | ||||
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