FGCN 2009: Communication and Networking pp 114-121 | Cite as

Performance Analysis of Collaborative Communication with Imperfect Frequency Synchronization and AWGN in Wireless Sensor Networks

  • Husnain Naqvi
  • Stevan Berber
  • Zoran Salcic
Part of the Communications in Computer and Information Science book series (CCIS, volume 56)

Abstract

Collaborative communication produces high power gain, if the frequency and phase synchronization is achieved. In this paper a novel architecture is proposed for a collaborative communication system in the presence of AWGN and frequency offsets. The mathematical expressions are derived and verified through simulation for received power and bit error rate (BER) of the system. It is analyzed that using this collaborative communication model, the significant power gain and reduction in BER can be achieved even though the system is with imperfect frequency synchronization. The analysis of the model is performed using the parameters of off-the-shelf products. The analysis revealed that power gain decreases and BER increases as the frequency offsets (errors) are increases.

Keywords

Sensor Network AWGN Collaborative Communication Raleigh Fading Frequency offsets Bit Error Rate Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Husnain Naqvi
    • 1
  • Stevan Berber
    • 1
  • Zoran Salcic
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Electrical and Computer EngineeringThe University of AucklandNew Zealand

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