Gaussian Q-function and Its Approximations

This paper presents some useful approximations to the Gaussian Q-function with an application to computation of bit error probability (BEP) of M-ary phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation scheme. Computational results are provided to compare various approximations to Gaussian Q-function.

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