Application of linearised amplifiers in adaptive antennas

Author

Hongxi Xue ; Davies, R. ; Beach, M. ; McGeehan, J.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

1995

fDate

20-22 Feb. 1995

Firstpage

51

Lastpage

56

Abstract

The use of adaptive antennas in mobile communications base stations is self-explanatory. It offers the potential of increased spectrum efficiency, extended range of coverage and reduced delay spread. However, one major concern for adaptive antenna system is the non-linearity effects of the RF/IF chain upon digital baseband beamforming network. The article investigates these effects on the performance of adaptive antennas and suggests potential solutions to these non-linearity problems in base station transceiver systems.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; amplifiers; cellular radio; linearisation techniques; radiofrequency amplifiers; transceivers; RF/IF chain; adaptive antenna system; base station transceiver systems; cellular radio; coverage range; digital baseband beamforming network; linearised amplifiers; mobile communications base stations; non-linearity effects; non-linearity problems; performance; reduced delay spread; spectrum efficiency; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive systems; Array signal processing; Base stations; Baseband; Delay; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technologies for Wireless Applications Digest, 1995., MTT-S Symposium on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1982-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MTTTWA.1995.512327

Filename

512327