Performance analysis for decode-and-forward relay system with HARQ in Nakagami-m fading channels

In this paper, we analyze the outage probability and the long-term average throughput (LAT) of a decode-and-forward (DF) cooperative scheme with hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) over Nakagami-m fading channels. To derive the outage probability, the distribution of the weighted sum of two independent gamma random variables is needed. We approximately obtain the distribution by using gamma approximation and derive a closed-form expression of the outage probability of the DF cooperative scheme with high SNR assumption. By exploiting the outage probability, we obtain the LAT of the DF cooperative scheme. Numerical results show that the derived LAT of the DF cooperative scheme is able to predict the average throughput and the DF cooperative scheme achieves higher LAT than the direct transmission scheme because of higher diversity gains.

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