Performance of multi-hop relaying networks with SSC diversity at the destination
Aleksandra S. Panajotović, Nikola Sekulović, Aleksandra M. Cvetkovic, Daniela M. Milovic · 2017
In this paper we analyze cooperative multi-hop system taking advantage of cooperative diversity at the relay and the destination. The relays with multiple antennas use maximum-ratio combining (MRC) of received signals from previous relays and source. The switch-and-stay combining (SSC) is applied at the mobile user at the destination owing to its simple realization. Probability density function (PDF) expression of received signal-to-noise (SNR) is derived in a closed-form. Based on obtained result, outage and error system performance are presented. Comparison of presented results and previous published ones is also done.