On the performance of cooperative communication via best relay path

T. Ratnarajah*, M. Sellathurai, Zhiguo Ding

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Abstract

We design and analyze spectrally efficient half-duplex cooperative diversity protocols using multiple relays (say N), which combat the multi-path fading by retransmitting the bitinterleaved coded information transmitted by a source to destination. In the first proposed protocol, the relay with the best mutual information relay path (source-relay-destination) will relay the source information - thus termed as best-relay protocol. In the second proposed protocol, called N-relay cyclic protocol, each relay will transmit only a portion of the signal transmitted by the source. We derive the probability density functions of the mutual information for both of these protocols and using these densities, we analyze the outage probability and outage capacity performances. The results show that the proposed protocols achieve the maximum diversity order N + 1. The simulation results using turbo code are given and results show the superior performance of the best-relay protocol.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
PublisherIEEE
ISBN (Electronic)9781424411443
ISBN (Print)9781424411436
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Dec 2007
Event18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2007 - Athens, Greece
Duration: 3 Sept 20077 Sept 2007

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications
ISSN (Print)2166-9570
ISSN (Electronic)2166-9589

Conference

Conference18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications 2007
Abbreviated titlePIMRC'07
Country/TerritoryGreece
CityAthens
Period3/09/077/09/07

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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