Exact Ergodic Capacity Analysis for Cognitive Underlay Amplify-and-Forward Relay Networks over Rayleigh Fading Channels

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel derivation approach to obtain the exact closed form expression of ergodic capacity for cognitive underlay amplify-and-forward (AF) relay networks over Rayleigh fading channels. Simulation results are performed to verify the analysis results. Numerical results are provided to compare the system performance of cognitive underlay amplify-and-forward relay networks under both cases of AF and decode-and-forward (DF) confirming that the system with DF provides better performance as compared with that with AF. DOI: 10.32913/rd-ict.vol3.no14.563