On the spatial separation potential of a uniform linear antenna array

Author

Farsakh, Christof ; Nossek, Josef A.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Network Theory & Circuit Design, Tech. Univ. of Munich, Germany

Volume

3

fYear

1996

fDate

28 Apr-1 May 1996

Firstpage

1477

Abstract

An antenna array located at the base station of a mobile radio cell allows the utilization of adaptive beamforming techniques on both uplink and downlink transmissions to significantly increase system capacity. A criterion is introduced to quantitatively evaluate the capability of an array to spatially separate users operating in the same channel. Then the dependency of this criterion on parameters like the number of antennas, the antenna spacing or the geometrical orientation of the array axis are investigated for the special case of a uniform linear antenna array (ULA)

Keywords

array signal processing; cellular radio; channel capacity; linear antenna arrays; radio links; adaptive beamforming techniques; antenna spacing; array axis; base station; channel; downlink; geometrical orientation; mobile radio cell; spatial separation potential; system capacity; uniform linear antenna array; uplink; Antenna arrays; Azimuth; Base stations; Directive antennas; Downlink; Land mobile radio; Linear antenna arrays; Mobile antennas; Multiaccess communication; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1996. Mobile Technology for the Human Race., IEEE 46th

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3157-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1996.504003

Filename

504003