JOURNAL ARTICLE

Shifted Successive Decode-and-Forward Relaying: Towards the Optimal Diversity-Multiplexing Tradeoff for a Four-Node Cooperative Network

Abstract

In this paper, a novel cooperative diversity transmission protocol is proposed for a four-node network where a single-antenna source communicates with its intended N-antenna destination with the help of two K-antenna decode-and-forward (DF) relays. Without requiring complex coding strategies at the relays, a sufficiently strong or weak inter-relay channel, or destination-source feedback, the proposed shifted successive DF relaying (SSDFR) protocol asymptotically achieves the optimal diversity-multiplexing tradeoff performance the four-node network can provide.

Keywords:
Relay Computer network Multiplexing Cooperative diversity Computer science Linear network coding Node (physics) Transmission (telecommunications) Diversity gain Antenna (radio) Protocol (science) Channel (broadcasting) Topology (electrical circuits) Fading Telecommunications Engineering Electrical engineering Physics Network packet

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Topics

Cooperative Communication and Network Coding
Physical Sciences →  Computer Science →  Computer Networks and Communications
Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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