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1 An Approximation of the First Order Marcum Q-Function with Application to Network Connectivity Analysis Mohammud Z. Bocus, Carl P. Dettmann and Justin P. Coon Abstract 3 1 An exponential-type approximation of the first order Marcum Q-function is presented, which is robust to changes in its first 0 argument and can easily be integrated with respect to the second argument. Such characteristics are particularly useful in network 2 connectivity analysis. The proposed approximation is exact in the limit of small first argument of the Marcum Q-function, in which case the optimal parameters can be obtained analytically. For larger values of the first argument, an optimization problem n is solved, and the parameters can be accurately represented using regression analysis. Numerical results indicate that the proposed a methods result in approximations very close to the actual Marcum Q-function for small and moderate values of the first argument. J We demonstrate the accuracy of the approximation by using it to analyze the connectivity properties of random ad hoc networks 8 operating in a Rician fading environment. 1 ] T I. INTRODUCTION I . s The Marcum Q-function, defined as the integral [1] c [ ∞ x2 + a2 I (ax)dx (1) Q (a, b)