Virtual path analysis of selective RAKE receiver in dense multipath channels

We develop an analytical framework to quantify the effects of spreading bandwidth on spread-spectrum systems operating in dense multipath environments. Closed-form expressions for the mean and variance of the total RAKE receiver output signal-to-noise ratio are derived. The proposed problem is made analytically tractable by transforming the physical RAKE paths into the virtual path domain.

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