Abstract
The commonly used models for shadowed fading channels arise by compounding the Nakagami distribution with others such as the log-normal and gamma distributions. A distribution that is more flexible than the Nakagami distribution is the well known Weibull distribution. In this paper, we derive a collection of generalized models for shadowed fading channels by compounding the Weibull distribution with other distributions belong to some fifteen flexible families. We also illustrate the superior performance of these models over the standard Nakagami models.
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Nadarajah, S., Kotz, S. A class of generalized models for shadowed fading channels. Wireless Pers Commun 43, 1113–1120 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-007-9287-y
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