@inproceedings{4def4720a2ec4300bfaca969fc731114,
title = "Error rate analysis of M-PSK with equal gain combining over Nakagami fading channels",
abstract = "We present a new analytical approach to determine the exact average symbol error rate (SER) of M-ary phase-shift-keying signals with coherent equal gain combining (EGC) reception. The analysis assumes independent Nakagami m fading paths which are not necessarily identically distributed. The proposed approach takes advantage of an alternate integral representation of the conditional SER along with Gauss-Hermite quadrature integration, to derive the final average SER expression in the form of a single finite-range integral and an integrand composed of tabulated functions. We also present a simpler but approximate approach for the closed-form evaluation of the SER of these signals over independent identically distributed Nakagami-m fading paths.",
author = "Alouini, {Mohamed Slim} and Simon, {Marvin K.}",
year = "1999",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "0780354354",
series = "IEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall",
pages = "2378--2382",
booktitle = "IEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall",
note = "IEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall ; Conference date: 19-09-1999 Through 22-09-1999",
}