Exact average bit error probability (BEP) expressions for mobile-relay-based mobile-to-mobile (M2M) cooperative networks with incremental decode-and-forward (IDF) relaying over N-Nakagami fading channels are derived in this paper. The average BEP performance under different conditions is evaluated numerically to confirm the accuracy of the analysis. Results are presented which show that the fading coefficient, the number of cascaded components, the relative geometrical gain, and the power allocation parameter have a significant influence on the average BEP performance.
['Lingwei Xu', 'Hao Zhang', 'T. Aaron Gulliver']
Performance Analysis of IDF Relaying M2M Cooperative Networks over N-Nakagami Fading Channels