Application of best relay selection approach to cooperative DF IDMA systems over Rayleigh/Weibull fading channels

This paper analyzes the performance of cooperative decode‐and‐forward (DF)interleave‐division multiple‐access (IDMA) networks with best relay selectionover Rayleigh/Weibull fading environments. In the analysis, approximate out-age probability (OP) and bit error probability (BEP) expressions are derivedfor the considered system. Further, a 2‐hop DF IDMA system is also designedto compare with cooperative one. We propose OP and BEP expression for 2‐hop DF IDMA systems. Numerical results are obtained by changing the num-ber of relays and the value of fading parameter in the proposed expressions.Also, simulations are provided to corroborate the exactness of the derivedapproximate OP and BEP expressions.