Performance Analysis of Noncoherent Binary Frequency Shift Keying Using Equal Gain Combining and Post Detection Selection Combining over a Nakagami Fading Channel

This is a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CA report procured by the Pentagon and made available for public release. It has been reproduced in the best form available to the Pentagon. It is not spiral-bound, but rather assembled with Velobinding in a soft, white linen cover. The Storming Media report number is A503453. The abstract provided by the Pentagon follows: In this thesis, the performance of a noncoherent Binary Frequency Shift Keying (BFSK) receiver using Equal Gain Combining (EGC) and Post Detection Selection Combining (PDSC) techniques over a frequency nonselective and slowly Nakagami fading channel is investigated. Analytical and numerical results obtained for EGC are compared to those obtained for first order PDSC (PDSC-1), second order PDSC (PDSC-2) and third order PDSC (PDSC-3).