Performance analysis of decode-and-forward multi-hop communication : a difference equation approach

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2012-02

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IEEE

Abstract

The presence of multiple users between signal transmission source and destination enables division of long links into multiple shorter links; this reduces signal attenuation, extends battery life, and provides broader and cheaper coverage along with high spectral efficiency. Cooperation among multiple users communicating in chronological sequence enables the realization of high data rates as users act as both information source and relay. This paper examines benefits of multi-hop transmission and concludes it has significant advantages over direct signal transmission.

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COHERENT AND NON-COHERENT DETECTION, DECODE-AND-FORWARD (DF) RELAYING, DIFFERENCE EQUATION, M-ARY PHASE-SHIFT KEYING (MPSK), MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION, ORTHOGONAL M-ARY FREQUENCY-SHIFT KEYING (OMFSK), POWER ALLOCATION, SYMBOL ERROR PROBABILITY (SEP), MULTI-HOP COMMUNICATION, RAYLEIGH FADING, SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIOS, SIGNAL TRANSMISSION

Citation

Dhaka, K., Mallik, R.K., & Schober, R. (2012). Performance Analysis of Decode-and-Forward Multi-Hop Communication: A Difference Equation Approach. IEEE Transactions on Communications, 60(2): 340-345.

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