A simple model for performance evaluation of a smart antenna in a CDMA system

Author

Durrani, Salman ; Bialkowski, Marek E.

Author_Institution

Queensland Univ., St. Lucia, Qld., Australia

fYear

2004

fDate

30 Aug.-2 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

379

Lastpage

383

Abstract

Smart antennas are recognized as a key technology to improve the performance of wireless communication systems. In this paper we propose a simple model to analyse the mean bit error rate (BER) of an IS-95 code division multiple access (CDMA) system with base station antenna array operating in a Rayleigh fading multipath environment. We present an expression for the signal to interference plus noise (SINR) at the output of the smart antenna receiver, as a function of the system parameters. Good agreement between the results proposed by the model and the simulation results of the actual system is noted.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; code division multiple access; error statistics; multipath channels; receiving antennas; BER; CDMA system; IS-95; Rayleigh fading multipath environment; SINR; base station antenna array; code division multiple access; mean bit error rate; performance evaluation; signal to interference plus noise; smart antenna receiver; wireless communication systems; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Bit error rate; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Rayleigh channels; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication; Working environment noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, 2004 IEEE Eighth International Symposium on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8408-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSSTA.2004.1371726

Filename

1371726