Abstract:

The novel closed–form expressions for the average channel capacity of dual selection diversity is presented, as well as, the bit-error rate (BER) of several coherent and noncoherent digital modulation schemes in the correlated Weibull fading channels with nonidentical statistics. The results are expressed in terms of Meijer’s Gfunction, which can be easily evaluated numerically. The simulation results are presented to validate the proposed theoretical analysis and to examine the effects of the fading severity on the concerned quantities.