Alternative Derivation for BER of

Wireless Channel

AnapproximateBERderivationforBPSKinRayleighfadingcanbeobtainedasfollows.The
instantaneousBERasshowninthelectureisgivenas,
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WecannowemploythefollowingpropertyoftheQfunction
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2
2
2
1
x
e x Q

s .

Employingthisproperty,theinstantaneousBERcanbesimplifiedas,
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exp
2
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P a P a
Q
o o
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AveragingthisovertheRayleighdistributionofa,aboundfortheBERcanbeobtainedas,
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2
0
2
2
2
2
0
2
2
1
1
1
2
1
2
1
1 exp
2
1
exp
2
1
exp 2 BER
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AthighSNRi.e.asP,theaboveBERcanbesimplifiedas,
SNR
1
2
1
1
2
1
2
1
1
1
2
1
BER
2
2
=
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+
=
n
n
P
P
o
o

whichissimilartotheexactBERderivationathighSNRi.e.theBERdecreasesas1/SNR.