Distributed Detection in Sensor Networks Over Fading Channels With Multiple Antennas at the Fusion Centre

We develop new and optimal algorithms for distributed detection in sensor networks over fading channels with multiple receive antennas at the Fusion Centre (FC). Sensors observe a hidden physical phenomenon over fading channels and transmit their observations using the amplify-and-forward scheme over fading channels to the FC which is equipped with multiple antennas. We derive the optimal decision rules and the associated probabilities of...