Error Rates of M-PAM and M-QAM in Generalized Fading and Generalized Gaussian Noise Environments

摘要

This letter investigates the average symbol error probability (ASEP) of pulse amplitude modulation andquadrature amplitude modulation coherent signaling over flat fading channels subject to additive white generalizedGaussian noise. The new ASEP results are derived in a generic closed-form in terms of the Fox H function and thebivariate Fox H function for the extended generalized-K fading case. The utility of this new general closed-form isthat it includes some special fading distributions, like the Generalized-K, Nakagami-m, and Rayleigh fading andspecial noise distributions such as Gaussian and Laplacian. Some of these special cases are also treated and areshown to yield simplified results.