Terahertz Wireless Transmissions with Maximal Ratio Combining over Fluctuating Two-Ray Fading

Atharva Anand Joshi, Pranay Bhardwaj, S. M. Zafaruddin

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Abstract

Mitigating channel fading and transceiver impairments are desirable for high-speed terahertz (THz) wireless links. This paper analyzes the performance of a multi-antenna THz wireless system by considering the combined effect of pointing errors and fluctuating two-ray (FTR) fading model. We provide a statistical characterization of the maximal ratio combining (MRC) receiver over independent and nonidentical (i.ni.d.) channel conditions in terms of multi-variate Fox's H by deriving density and distribution functions of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) of a single-link THz link using incomplete Gamma function. We develop exact analytical expressions of outage probability, average bit-error-rate (BER), and ergodic capacity for both single-antenna and MRC receivers. We also present the diversity order of the system by deriving asymptotic expressions for outage probability and average BER at high SNR to obtain insights into the system performance. We validate our derived analytical expressions with Monte-Carlo simulations and demonstrate the effect of various system and channel parameters on the performance of single and multi-antenna THz wireless communications.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2022
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1575-1580
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781665442664
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Externally publishedYes
Event2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2022 - Austin, United States
Duration: 10 Apr 202213 Apr 2022

Publication series

NameIEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC
Volume2022-April
ISSN (Print)1525-3511

Conference

Conference2022 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period10/04/2213/04/22

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© 2022 IEEE.

Funding

This work was supported in part by the Department of Science Technology (DST), Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), India under Start-up Research Grant SRG/2019/002345 and MATRICS Grant MTR/2021/000890.

FundersFunder number
Department of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science and Technology, India
Science and Engineering Research BoardSRG/2019/002345, MTR/2021/000890

    Keywords

    • Fluctuating two ray
    • THz communication
    • maximal ratio combining
    • performance analysis
    • pointing error

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