Channel capacity of adaptive transmission with L-MRC systems in Hoyt (Nakagami-q) fading channels

Capacity of maximal-ratio combining (MRC) diversity receiver with arbitrary number of input branches over a slow varying Hoyt fading channels has been analyzed. Closed-form expressions for various power and rate adaptive techniques available in the literature have been obtained. A study on the effect of diversity order and fading parameters on the channel capacity with different adaptive transmission schemes has been presented.