Performance Analysis of Coded Cooperation under Nakagami-m Fading Channels

In this paper the performance of coded cooperation has been analyzed for independent flat Nakagami-m fading channels. The outage behavior of the cooperative system has been presented and analyzed with two instantaneous variable (i.e. one with instantaneous Signal to noise ratio (SNR) and other with instantaneous received power). Finally we have presented an analytical approach to calculate the critical cooperation ratio. This gives the value of cooperation ratio ($\alpha$) at which the total outage probability is minimum.