Hybrid Decode-Forward & Amplify-Forward Relaying With Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access

Static hybrid amplify and forward (AF) and decode and forward (DF) relaying for cooperative systems

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Are Amplify-and-Forward Relaying and Decode-and-Forward Relaying the Same?

Decode-and-forward relaying based on orthogonal complementary codes

In this note, we propose a full-duplex decode-and-forward cooperative diversity scheme based on code division with orthogonal complementary codes. We consider a simple case in which a single user is assisted by a single relay to achieve cooperative diversity. When the cooperation is full-duplex, the operational delay of the relay makes the channel asynchronous and this may cause multiple-access...

Amplify-and-Forward Versus Decode-and-Forward Relaying: Which is Better?

Performance of multi-hop MIMO relay channels under the amplify-and-forward and decode-and-forward protocols are compared via the capacity and SNR gains. In an N hop channel of linear topology with multi-antenna source and destination and single-antenna relay nodes, the capacity gain of the DF relaying over the AF one does not exceed log2N bit/s/Hz and its SNR gain does not exceed N , for any ch...

Improved Relay Selection Strategy for Hybrid Decode-Amplify Forward Protocol

—To improve the problems of noise amplification and error propagation of the fixed cooperation schemes in cooperative communications, a relay selection strategy is proposed based on the hybrid decode-amplify-forward protocol. It can adaptively determine cooperation schemes according to the Channel Status Information (CSI) of the source-relay. Then it selects the best relay from the candidate r...