BER Analysis in Non-Homogeneous Fading Environments with Impulsive Noise

In this paper, using binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) modulation, analytical expressions of bit-error-rate (BER) for various non-homogeneous fading environments (alpha-mu,eta- mu and kappa-mu) subjected to SaS noise are obtained. The derived results are expressed in terms of Meijer's G-function and Gamma function. These expressions are used to study the performance of other prominent fading models (like Nakagami-m, Rayleigh, Rician, and Hoyt) available in the technical literature. Further, it is shown that the effect of the impulsive index (alpha) over BER is much pronounced compared to the amount of fading (AF). Numerical results are provided for different impulsive settings. The results obtained agree with those from simulations.