An exact performance analysis for mobile communications over generalized fading channels

Abstract

This paper derives novel, unified, and exact closed-form analytical expressions for the moment generating function (MGF), the generalized moments, and the average symbol error probability (SEP) of wireless communication systems that operate over the α - η - β fading channels. The derived expressions are then used to analyze the influence of the fading parameters on the system performance. However, to validate the accuracy of the derived expressions, we present a comparison between numerical results and Monte-Carlo simulations. Both results are in excellent agreement over a wide range of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and for different values of the fading parameters.