Power allocation in multi-node cooperative network in Rician fading channels

Mulugeta K. Fikadu, Mohammed Elmusrati, Reino Virrankoski

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    Abstract

    Cooperative communications have been recommended to exploit the inherent spatial diversity gains in multiuser wireless systems without the need of multiple transceivers at each node. This is achieved when wireless nodes help to each other to send multiple independent transmission paths to the destination. The advantage of cooperation can be exploited significantly by allocating the power of the system optimally. Thus, in this paper we first derive the approximate symbol error rate (SER) for multi-node cooperative networks employing decode-and-forward (DF) protocol with a maximum ratio combining (MRC) at the receiving terminals in Racian fading channels. Using the approximated SER expression, optimal power allocation (OPA) scheme under different line-of-sight (LOS) scenarios is investigated. Numerical and simulation results are presented to illustrate the performance improvement due to OPA of the cooperative networks.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2012
    Pages496-501
    Number of pages6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2012
    Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
    Event2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2012 - Barcelona, Spain
    Duration: 8 Oct 201210 Oct 2012

    Conference

    Conference2012 IEEE 8th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, WiMob 2012
    Country/TerritorySpain
    CityBarcelona
    Period8/10/1210/10/12

    Keywords

    • Cooperative
    • decode-and-forward
    • multi-node
    • optimal power allocation
    • Rician fading
    • SER analysis

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Computer Networks and Communications
    • Hardware and Architecture
    • Software

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