Maximum Signal-to-Interference Ratio for Receivers Communicating with Multiple Transmission Sources

Jaewon KIM  Yoan SHIN  Wonjin SUNG 

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences  Vol.E92-A  No.2  pp.673-676
Publication Date: 2009/02/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1337
Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Communication Theory and Signals
Keyword: 
signal-to-interference ratio,  cooperative communication,  multiple transmission sources,  diversity reception, 

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Summary: 
In this letter, we present an exact analytic expression for the maximum signal-to-interference ratio (SIR) for receivers communicating with multiple transmitting nodes over a general time-varying channel, where one of the nodes is chosen as a desired signal source based on the instantaneous channel condition and the other nodes act as interference sources. As an illustrative example, the maximum SIR distribution of a mobile receiver surrounded by three base stations (BS) is determined in a closed-form formula for Rayleigh fading channels, and its accuracy is confirmed using simulation results.