SECOND ORDER STATISTICS OF DUAL SELECTION DIVERSITY OVER CORRELATED WEIBULL FADING CHANNELS IN THE PRESENCE OF INTERFERENCE

Abstract

In this paper, second order statistics of dual selection combining (SC) system applying desired signal decision algorithm are obtained for the case when that diversity system operates in Weibull interference-limited environment. Namely, a novel closed-form expression for outage probability (OP), necessary for an analysis of average fade duration (AFD), in the term of Meijer’s G-function is derived for general case in which desired signal and cochannel interference (CCI) are exposed to fading with different severities. Depending on fading environment, semi-analytical and analytical expressions for average lever crossing rate (LCR) are obtained, too. Numerical results are presented to accomplish proposed mathematical analysis and to examine the effects of system and channel parameters on concerned quantities