Author
Feteiha, M.F., Uysal, Murat
Publication Date
2012-06
Publication Place
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IEEE
Subject
Monte Carlo methods, Amplify and forward communication, Cooperative communication, Diversity reception, Fading channels, Linear codes, Precoding, Probability
Type
Periodical
Language
English
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Library
Özyeğin University
Library Asset ID
1751-8628
Record ID
063e1a2b-0959-4fb4-bcec-5fb14c90f806
Library Location
Electrical & Electronics Engineering
Date
2012-06
Notes
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Sample Text
Cooperative communication has been recently applied to vehicular networks to enable coverage extension and enhance link reliability through distributed spatial diversity. In this study, the authors investigate the performance of a cooperative vehicular network over a doubly selective (i.e. frequency-selective and time-selective) fading channel. Under the assumption of amplify-and-forward relaying with orthogonal cooperation protocol, the authors derive a pairwise error probability (PEP) expression and demonstrate the achievable diversity gains. The authors' results demonstrate that, through proper linear constellation precoding, the cooperative vehicular scheme is able to extract the maximum available diversity in frequency (through multipath diversity), time (through Doppler diversity) and spatial (through cooperative diversity) dimensions. The effect of imperfect channel state information is also studied through an asymptotical PEP analysis. The authors further conduct Monte-Carlo simulations to confirm the analytical derivations and present the error rate performance of the vehicular scheme under various mobility conditions and scenarios.
DOI
10.1049/iet-com.2012.0115
Cilt
6