Error rate performance analysis of dual-hop relaying transmissions over generalized-K fading channels

In this paper we present analytical expressions for the lower bounds of the error performance of dual-hop amplify-and-forward transmissions over independent and not necessarily identical Generalized-K fading channels. Using a tight upper bound for the end-to-end SNR, a novel expression for the probability density function is derived. Based on the abovementioned formula, tight lower bounds for the average bit error probability for a variety of modulation schemes are derived. In order to validate the accuracy of the proposed mathematical analysis, various numerical and computer simulation results are presented.