TY - GEN
T1 - BER performance evaluation for multicarrier code division multiple access over generalized k-μ fading channels
AU - Mark, James Osuru
AU - Samir, Brahim Belhaouari
AU - Naufal, Mohammed
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) system has received a considerable attention from researchers owing to its great potential in achieving high data rates transmission in wireless communications. Due to the detrimental effects of multipath fading the performance of the system degrades. Similarly, the impact of non-orthogonality of spreading codes can exist and cause interference. This paper addresses the performance of multicarrier code division multiple access system under the influence of frequency selective generalized k- fading channel and multiple access interference caused by other active users to the desired one. The average bit error rate is derived and expressed in Gauss hypergeometric functions. Maximal ratio combining diversity technique is utilized to alleviate the deleterious effect of multipath fading.
AB - Multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) system has received a considerable attention from researchers owing to its great potential in achieving high data rates transmission in wireless communications. Due to the detrimental effects of multipath fading the performance of the system degrades. Similarly, the impact of non-orthogonality of spreading codes can exist and cause interference. This paper addresses the performance of multicarrier code division multiple access system under the influence of frequency selective generalized k- fading channel and multiple access interference caused by other active users to the desired one. The average bit error rate is derived and expressed in Gauss hypergeometric functions. Maximal ratio combining diversity technique is utilized to alleviate the deleterious effect of multipath fading.
KW - MC-CDMA
KW - average bit error rate
KW - generalized k- fading
KW - maximal ratio combining
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80052128919&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ISCI.2011.5958960
DO - 10.1109/ISCI.2011.5958960
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:80052128919
SN - 9781612846903
T3 - ISCI 2011 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics
SP - 466
EP - 471
BT - ISCI 2011 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics
T2 - 2011 IEEE Symposium on Computers and Informatics, ISCI 2011
Y2 - 20 March 2011 through 22 March 2011
ER -