Andriette, 1958-Ferreira, Johannes Theodorus2019-04-052019-04-052018-09Bekker, A. & Ferreira, J. 2018, 'Bivariate gamma type distributions for modeling wireless performance metrics', Statistics, Optimization and Information Computing, vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 335-353.2311-004X (print)2310-5070 (online)10.19139/soic.v6i3.575http://hdl.handle.net/2263/68929In this paper a bivariate gamma type distribution, its noncentral counterpart, and a linked bivariate Weibullised gamma type distribution, following an elliptical assumption, are proposed and studied. The adaptability of this contribution is illustrated with the outage probability performance metric, where the proposed bivariate gamma type distributions may act as alternatives to existing fading models in wireless communications.en© 2018 International Academic Press. Article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License.EllipticalFadingMIMO systemNoncentralOutage probabilityWeibullisedArticle