The $\kappa$– $\mu$ Shadowed Fading Model: Unifying the $\kappa$– $\mu$ and $\eta$– $\mu$ Distributions

This paper shows that the recently proposed ι -μ shadowed fading model includes, besides the ι -μ model, the η-μ fading model as a particular case. This has important relevance in practice, as it allows for the unification of these popular fading distributions through a more general, yet equally tractable, model. The convenience of new underlying physical models is discussed. Then, we derive simple and novel closed-form expressions for the asymptotic ergodic capacity in ι -μ shadowed fading channels, which illustrate the effects of the different fading parameters on the system performance. By exploiting the unification here unveiled, the asymptotic capacity expressions for the ι -μ, η-μ, and Rician shadowed fading models are also obtained in closed form as special cases.

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