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| Author(s): |
da Costa, Daniel Benevides
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Yacoub, Michel Daoud
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Fraidenraich, Gustavo
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IEEE
Total Authors: 4
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | 2006 IEEE NINTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SPREAD SPECTRUM TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, PROCEEDINGS; v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2006-01-01. |
| Abstract | |
This paper derives exact expressions for the level crossing rate and average fade duration of equal-gain and maximal-ratio combiners for the alpha - mu (Generalized Gamma) fading Distribution, assuming M unbalanced, non-identical, independent diversity channels. The analytical results are thoroughly validated by reducing the general case to some particular cases (Nakagami-m and Weibull), for which the solutions are known; and by means of simulation, for the more general case. In addition, several new closed-form expressions are also obtained for other special cases. (AU) | |