Calculating Outage Probability of Block Fading Channels Based on Moment Generating Functions

Yilmaz A. Ö.

IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS, vol.59, no.11, pp.2945-2950, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 59 Issue: 11
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Doi Number: 10.1109/tcomm.2011.070511.100309
  • Journal Name: IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.2945-2950
  • Keywords: Block fading, outage, moment generating function, jamming, multi-access interference, receive diversity, finite constellation size
  • Middle East Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Block fading channels present a realistic model in many communication scenarios. We propose a method by which the outage probability of block fading channels can be evaluated in a straighforward and computationally efficient manner by utilizing the moment generating function of a single block's mutual information. The flexibility of moment generating functions helps obtain outage probabilities in various cases such as wideband noise jamming and multi-access interference. The effect of discrete input alphabets on outage is also investigated and turns out to be vital especially under interference.