Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)
1350-911X
abstract
The Nakagami-m distribution is widely used for the simulation of fading channels in wireless communications. A novel, simple and extremely efficient acceptance-rejection algorithm is introduced for the generation of independent Nakagami-m random variables. The proposed method uses another Nakagami density with a half-integer value of the fading parameter, mp=n/2=m, as proposal function, from which samples can be drawn exactly and easily. This novel rejection technique is able to work with arbitrary values of m=1, average path energy, =, and provides a higher acceptance rate than all currently available methods.
keywords
nakagami channels; sampling methods; rejectionless sampling; wireless communication