function a=randrice(Ak,sigma,N)
% function a=randrice(Ak,sigma,N)
% 
% This function creates a Ricean distributed random variable with mean
% value Ak and variance sigma. A set of Nx1 values is computed.
%
%  Copyright (C)2005  Helmut Hofstetter
% 
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% 
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% 
%----------------------------------------------------------------------%
%                                                                      %
%              Author: Helmut Hofstetter <hofstetter@ftw.at>           %
%             Created: 25/05/2005 by HH                                %
%   Last modification: 18/08/2005 by HH                                %
%        Organization: Telecommunications Research Center Vienna,      %
%                      Tech Gate Vienna,                               %
%                      Donau-City Str. 1 / 3rd floor,                  %
%                      A-1220 Vienna, Austria.                         %
%             Project: FTW C9 "MIMO UMTS for future packet services"   %
%    Deliverable Type: This M-file is public available                 %
%                 URL: http://www.ftw.at/cost273/                      %
%         Source Code: MATLAB v7.0 SP2                                 %
%             History:                                                 %
%             Created: 1.00, 25/05/2005 by HH (ftw)                    %
%                                                                      %
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a=sqrt(abs(randn(N,1)*sigma+j*randn(N,1)*sigma+Ak^2/2));