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Simultaneous existence of multipath fading and shadowing leads to worsening conditions in wireless channels. This is further compounded by the interference from other base stations operating at the same frequency. The effect of this cochannel interference (CCI) and shadowed fading in error rates is studied when maximal ratio combining is used to mitigate short term fading. The CCI channels were also treated as undergoing shadowed fading. The generalized K distribution was used to model the signal-to-noise ratio of composite shadowed fading channel. The probability density functions of the signal-to-noise ratio taking into account the presence of multipath fading, shadowing and CCI were derived and used for the estimation of error rates. Results demonstrated the existence of degradation in the channel manifested as increased error rates and higher error floors. The improvements in the channel obtained through diversity were also demonstrated. The approach presented here can be easily adapted to the analysis of other diversity schemes in shadowed fading channels.
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Shankar, P.M. Maximal Ratio Combining (MRC) in Shadowed Fading Channels in Presence of Shadowed Fading Cochannel Interference (CCI). Wireless Pers Commun 68, 15–25 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-011-0436-y
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