@misc{10481/102744, year = {2024}, month = {12}, url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/102744}, abstract = {We introduce and characterize the operational diversity order (ODO) in fading channels, as a proxy to the classical notion of diversity order at any arbitrary operational signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). Thanks to this definition, relevant insights are brought up in a number of cases: 1) We quantify that in dominant line-of-sight scenarios an increased diversity order is attainable compared to that achieved asymptotically, even in the single-antenna case; 2) this effect is attenuated, but still visible, in the presence of an additional dominant specular component; 3) the decay slope in Rayleigh product channels increases very slowly, never fully achieving unitary slope for a finite SNR.}, organization = {Consejería de Universidad, Investigación e Innovación Junta de Andalucía through grant EMERGIA20-00297}, organization = {MCIU/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 through grant PID2020-118139RB-I00}, organization = {Predoctoral grant FPU22/03392}, organization = {Ícaro program within the Advanced Telecommunication Technologies Excellence Unit at University of Granada}, publisher = {IEEE}, keywords = {Asymptotic analysis}, keywords = {communication theory}, keywords = {diversity order}, title = {Analytical characterization of the operational diversity order in fading channels}, doi = {10.1109/LCOMM.2024.3512665}, author = {Fernández, Santiago and Bailón Martínez, J. Alfonso and Galeote Cazorla, Juan E. and López Martínez, Francisco Javier}, }