Relaying utilization metrics of diamond cooperative diversity systems

Theodoros A. Tsiftsis, Zoran Hadzi-Velkov, George K. Karagiannidis, Nikola Zlatanov

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Abstract

We introduce relaying utilization statistical metrics to quantify the contribution of a relay node to the overall relaying process in cooperative diversity systems. Motivated by the second order statistics of the relay fading channel, the following metrics are defined: i) the average relaying selection rate, ii) the average relaying utilization time, and iii) the average relaying waiting time. These metrics are important for the cooperative systems' design, especially for applications where power consumption and delay are major concerns. As an application, we present exact analytical expressions of these parameters in an amplify-andforward relaying system with selection diversity and diamond topology over Rayleigh fading channels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationISWPC 2010 - IEEE 5th International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2010
Pages551-555
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Externally publishedYes
EventInternational Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2010 - Modena, Italy
Duration: 5 May 20107 May 2010
Conference number: 5th
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/5479087/proceeding (Proceedings)

Conference

ConferenceInternational Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing 2010
Abbreviated titleISWPC 2010
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityModena
Period5/05/107/05/10
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