%0 Journal Article
%T A Novel Mgf Based Analysis of Channel Capacity of Generalized-K Fading with Maximal-Ratio Combining Diversity
%A Vivek K. Dwivedi
%A Ghanshyam Singh
%J PIER    C
%D 2012
%I EMW Publishing
%R 10.2528/PIERC11100103
%X In this paper, we have analyzed the channel capacity by using the maximal-ratio combing (MRC) diversity scheme for communication systems operating over a composite fading environment modeled by the Generalized-K distribution at the receiver. For the Generalized-K fading channel with arbitrary values for small and large scale fading parameters, we have derived a closed-form expression for the moment generating function (MGF) of the received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and utilized it to obtain a novel closed-form expressions for the channel capacity under different adaptive transmission schemes. The result of the proposed methods is compared with other reported literature to support the analysis.
%U http://www.jpier.org/pierc/pier.php?paper=11100103