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MRC and EGC Diversity. Transmit Diversity: Lecture Outline
MRC and EGC Diversity. Transmit Diversity: Lecture Outline
MRC and EGC Diversity. Transmit Diversity: Lecture Outline
is chi-squared
with 2M degrees of freedom.
Can obtain P
out
and P
s
from this distribution.
For BPSK, get 15 dB gain at 10
3
BER. Larger gains obtained at lower BERs.
3. MGF Approach to MRC Diversity Analysis.
Distribution of
.5
0
M
i=1
M
i
g
sin
2
,
i
d,
for BPSK, where M
i
is the moment generating function for the distribution of the ith
branch SNR
i
. Similar formulas for more general modulations using P
s
approximation.
4. Equal Gain Combining
In EGC, each branch is co-phased and equally weighted.
Easier to implement than MRC, but harder to analyze.
Distribution of combiner SNR