The α-η-μ and α-κ-μ Fading Distributions

• Published in: 2006 IEEE Ninth International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications pp. 16 - 20
• Main Authors: Fraidenraich, G., Yacoub, M.D.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.08.2006
• Subjects: Density functional theory; Fast fading distributions; Gaussian distribution; Hoyt distribution; Land mobile radio; Nakagami distribution; Nakagamim distribution; One-sided Gaussian distribution; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh distribution; Rayleigh scattering; Rice distribution; Short-term fading; Spread spectrum communication; Statistical distributions; Weibull distribution; Weibull fading channels
• ISBN: 0780397797; 9780780397798
• ISSN: 1943-7439
• DOI: 10.1109/ISSSTA.2006.311725

In this paper two new fading distributions, the α-η-μdistribution and α-κ-μ distribution, are presented. The α-η-μdistribution includes the α-μ, Nakagami-m, Nakagami-g, Weibull, Hoyt, Rayleigh, Exponential, and the one-sided Gaussian distributions as special cases. The α-κ-μ distribution includes the α-μ, Nakagami-m, Weibull, Rice, Rayleigh, exponential, and the one-sided Gaussian distributions as special cases. Furthermore, it proposes estimators for the involved parameters and uses field measurements to validate the distributions.