The Engdahl-Zigangirov bound for binary coded systems over block-fading channels

In this letter, the Engdahl-Zigangirov (E&Z) bound is generalized to block-fading channels. For a quasi-static fading channel, we demonstrate that it is tighter than the Malkamaki-Leib (M&L) bound by about 4 dB. As the, number of fading blocks M increases, the improvement of,the bound lessens but the potential computation saving becomes more pronounced.TelecommunicationsSCI(E)EI1ARTICLE8726-728