Analytical End-to-End PER Performance of Multi-Hop Cooperative Relaying and Its Experimental Verification

Abstract

The end-to-end packet error rate (PER) performance of a multi-hop cooperative relaying system is discussed in this paper. In this system, the end-to-end PER performance improves with the number of hops under certain conditions. The PER performance of multi-hop cooperative networks is analyzed with the state transition technique. The theoretical analysis reveals that the PER performance can be kept almost constant, or even improved, as the number of hops is increased. Computer simulation results agree closely with the analysis results . Moreover, to confirm this performance characteristic in an actual setup, an in-lab experiment using a fading emulator was conducted. The experimental results confirm the theoretical end-to-end PER performance of this system.

Packet error rate performance of multi-stage cooperative relaying: Outdoor measurement

“…The theoretical analysis in [8] reveals that the end-to-end packet error rate (PER) performance can be kept almost constant, or even improved, as the number of hops is increased. This unique feature in the end-to-end PER with the number of hops is demonstrated both theoretically and experimentally [9]. In the case of two relays in each stage, this improvement can be observed up to 3rd hop in most cases [8].…”

Experimental Performance Study of STBC-Based Cooperative and Diversity Relaying

“…Hop count 3 hops because probability of S1 reduces and the probability of S2 increases from the initial state distribution [5] , [10] . The probability of So play an important role on the lower limit of the PER performance.…”

“…For example, p1 = 9.65 x 10-2 and p2 = 5.59 x 10-3 , these values are obtained from a former in-lab experiment [10].…”

Distributed Cooperative Relaying Based on Space-Time Block Code: System Description and Measurement Campaign

“…To clarify this problem, an STBC-based cooperative relaying system was implemented using a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) [16]. The performance of this system was verified for a fading emulator [16], [17]; moreover, an outdoor measurement study was conducted on a campus of Kyoto University [18]. The analytical performance evaluation was described in [17], and the results theoretically support the advantages of the STBC-based cooperative relaying system.…”