Approximate ASER analysis of MIMO TAS/MRC networks over Weibull fading channels

• Published in: Annales des télécommunications Vol. 76; no. 1-2; pp. 73 - 81
• Main Author: Bilim, Mehmet
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 01.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antennas; Asymptotic properties; Circuits; Codes; Communications Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Constellations; Engineering; Exact solutions; Fading; Information and Communication; Information Systems and Communication Service; MIMO (control systems); Networks; Probability density functions; Quadrature amplitude modulation; R & D/Technology Policy; Random noise; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Transceivers; MIMO transmissions; Additive white generalized Gaussian noise; Average symbol error rate
• ISSN: 0003-4347; 1958-9395
• DOI: 10.1007/s12243-020-00810-2

In this paper, the average symbol error rate (ASER) evaluation of multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) systems with transmit antenna selection (TAS) and maximal ratio combining (MRC) are analysed under Weibull fading conditions. The impact of additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) and additive white generalized Gaussian noise (AWGGN) on the ASER evaluation of the MIMO TAS/MRC networks are considered. Closed form approximate and asymptotic ASER expressions of the considered network with AWGN for different quadrature amplitude modulation techniques are derived based on the probability density function approach. The closed-form approximate and asymptotic ASER expressions for the AWGGN case are also obtained. In addition, a comprehensive analysis of the ASER performance for the MIMO TAS/MRC networks is demonstrated by varying the fading parameter values, numbers of transmitter-receiver antennas and constellation size. Finally, the obtained theoretical results are confirmed through the exact simulation results.