Distributed beamforming and power allocation for cooperative networks

Zhiguo Ding, Woon Hau Chin, Kin K. Leung

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Abstract

Cooperative diversity systems rely on using relay nodes to relay copies of transmitted information to the destination such that each copy experiences different channel fading, hence increasing the diversity of the system. However, without proper processing of the message at the relays, the performance of the cooperative system may not necessarily perform better than direct transmission systems. In this paper, we proposed a distributed beamforming and power allocation algorithm which substantially improves the diversity of the system with only very limited feedback from the destination node. We also derive outage probability as well as study the outage behavior of this scheme.

Original languageBritish English
Article number4524275
Pages (from-to)1817-1822
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
Volume7
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2008

Keywords

  • Cooperative diversity
  • Cooperative networks
  • Distributed beamforming
  • Outage probability

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