BER Performance for Downlink MC-CDMA Systems over Rician Fading Channels

We consider downlink multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation scheme and maximal ratio combining (MRC) in frequency-selective Rician fading channels. A time-domain method to obtain bit error rate (BER) by calculating moment genera...

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Main Authors: Vimal K. Dubey, Zhihua Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2005-04-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/ASP.2005.709
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Summary:We consider downlink multicarrier code-division multiple-access (MC-CDMA) systems using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation scheme and maximal ratio combining (MRC) in frequency-selective Rician fading channels. A time-domain method to obtain bit error rate (BER) by calculating moment generating function (MGF) of the decision variable for a tapped-delay-line channel model is proposed. This method does not require any assumption regarding the statistical or spectral distribution of multiple access interference (MAI), and it is also not necessary to assume that the fading encountered by the subcarriers is independent of each other. The analytical formula is also verified by simulations.
ISSN:1687-6172
1687-6180