Simulation of Nakagami-m Fading Channels Generation of Multiple Uncorrelated Rayleigh Fading Waveforms

The Nakagami distribution has gained widespread application in the modeling of wireless fading channels. The primary justification for the use of the Nakagami distribution is its good fit to measured fading data. This distribution can model signal fading conditions that range from severe to moderate, to light or no fading. Despite the fact that Nakagami fading is widely used in theoretical analysis of the performances of different communication systems, very few results pertaining to the computer simulation of Nakagami fading have been reported in literature. The aim of this project is to develop a channel simulator for simulating both the amplitude and the phase processes of a Nakagami-m fading channel in Matlab. The new method of transformation mapping Rayleigh sequences into Nakagami sequences will be investigated in this regard. The statistical properties of the simulated Nakagami fading waveforms will be studied in terms of autocorrelation functions and compared with analytical results. The project presents an opportunity for the student to work on a cutting edge research problem in wireless communications.