Rake receiver sensitivity to spreading sequence

Author

Wautier, Annelle ; Ammari, Saloua

Author_Institution

Service Radioelectr. et Electron., SUPELEC, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

2001

Abstract

We study the performance of direct sequence spread-spectrum (DSSS) systems using RAKE receivers. The RAKE receiver is used to take benefit of path diversity The performances obtained with this receiver are close to the optimum for very long sequences so that they can be modeled as random sequences. This approximation is not valid for small spreading factors as used in the TD-CDMA mode of the UMTS. The study is focused on the influence of the spreading sequence on the bit error rate performance of a single-user RAKE receiver. Analytical expressions of the bit error rate are derived for non-ideal sequences. This study shows that sequences of a family set do not have the same behavior on a particular channel profile. RAKE receiver sensitivity to the number of fingers can also be easily evaluated with the analytical approach. RAKE performance degradation due to channel estimation and to multiple users are also evaluated

Keywords

binary sequences; diversity reception; error statistics; mobile radio; radio receivers; random processes; spread spectrum communication; DSSS systems; RAKE receiver; UMTS; bit error rate; channel estimation; direct sequence spread-spectrum systems; mobile radio; multiple users; non-ideal sequences; path diversity; performance; random sequences; spreading sequence; 3G mobile communication; Bit error rate; Channel estimation; Degradation; Fading; Fingers; Multipath channels; RAKE receivers; Random sequences; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Spring. IEEE VTS 53rd

Conference_Location

Rhodes

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6728-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2001.945047

Filename

945047