Exact and Asymptotic Outage Probability Analysis for Decode-and-Forward Networks

Abstract—We consider decode-and-forward cooperative networks and we derive analytical expressions as well as tractable asymptotic approximations for the outage probability of a network node. Our analysis sheds more light on the interplay between the channel conditions, the network size and the adopted transmission scheme, and provides a useful tool for the design of cooperative networks.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2011
• Where: TCOM
• Authors: Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou, Weisi Guo, Ian J. Wassell, Rolando A. Carrasco
• Keywords: Cooperative Networks, Decode-and-forward Cooperative Networks, TCOM 2011, Tractable Asymptotic Approximations