Title :
Performance of antenna array systems with optimum combining in a Rayleigh fading environment
Author :
Aalo, Valentine A. ; Zhang, Jingjun
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Florida Atlantic Univ., Boca Raton, FL, USA
fDate :
4/1/2000 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The effect of cochannel interference on the performance of digital mobile radio systems in a Rayleigh fading environment is studied. The average bit error rate (BER) of an antenna array system with an optimum combining scheme that maximizes the output signal-to interference-plus-noise ratio is analyzed. BER expressions which are easy to evaluate numerically are derived for coherent binary phase-shift keying schemes in an environment with cochannel interference and noise.
Keywords :
Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; cochannel interference; digital radio; diversity reception; error statistics; land mobile radio; phase shift keying; BER expressions; Rayleigh fading environment; antenna array systems; average bit error rate; cochannel interference; coherent binary phase-shift keying; digital mobile radio systems; noise; optimum combining; output signal-to interference-plus-noise ratio; performance; Antenna arrays; Binary phase shift keying; Bit error rate; Diversity reception; Fading; Interchannel interference; Phase shift keying; Rayleigh channels; Signal to noise ratio; Working environment noise;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/4234.841318
