Error Probability of Binary and M-ary Signals with Spatial Diversity in Nakagami-q (Hoyt) Fading Channels

We analyze the exact average symbol error probability (SEP) of binary and M-ary signals with spatial diversity in Nakagami-q (Hoyt) fading channels. The maximal-ratio combining and orthogonal space-time block coding are considered as diversity techniques for single-input multiple-output and multiple-input multiple-output systems, respectively. We obtain the average SEP in terms of the Lauricella multivariate hypergeometric function F D . The analysis is verified by comparing with Monte Carlo simulations and we further show that our general SEP expressions particularize to the previously known results for Rayleigh (q = 1) and single-input single-output (SISO) Nakagami-q cases.