Exact average error probability of QPSK in Rayleigh fading channel In Rayleigh fading channel(SISO), I know the instantaneous SER of QPSK for a given channel realization.
However, I do not know the exact average error probability.
It is very hard to calculate the average error probability because of the square of q function.
Are there any results on the exact average error probability of QPSK in Rayleigh fading channel?
From Tse and Viswanath, &quot;Fundamentals of Wireless Communication&quot; (which I highly recommend): $$p_e = \frac{1}{2}\left(1-\sqrt{\frac{\text{SNR}}{2+\text{SNR}}}\right)$$ Note that this is the probability of symbol error.