Asymptotic SER and Outage Probability of MIMO MRC in Correlated Fading

This letter derives the asymptotic symbol error rate (SER) and outage probability of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) maximum ratio-combining (MRC) systems. We consider Rayleigh fading channels with both transmit and receive spatial correlation. Our results are based on new asymptotic expressions that we derive for the p.d.f. and c.d.f. of the maximum eigenvalue of positive-definite quadratic forms in complex Gaussian matrices. We prove that spatial correlation does not affect the diversity order but that it reduces the array gain and hence increases the SER in the high SNR regime.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2006
• Where: CORR
• Authors: Shi Jin, Matthew R. McKay, Xiqi Gao, Iain B. Collings
• Keywords: Asymptotic Symbol Error, CORR 2006, Education, Positive-definite Quadratic Forms, Spatial Correlation