Novel Nakagami-m parameter estimator for noisy channel samples

A novel moment-based m parameter estimator using noisy channel samples is derived. This estimator is simpler than known estimators. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate that, under some practical fading conditions, it outperforms previous estimators.

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