Spatial channel simulator for phased arrays

Author

Stapleton, S.P. ; Carbo, Xavier ; McKeen, Trent

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng. Sci., Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC, Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

8-10 Jun 1994

Firstpage

1789

Abstract

A theoretical model is developed for simulating fast Rayleigh fading while maintaining the spatial coordinates of the mobile relative to the base station. The spatial channel simulator is used for testing angle diversity and tracking algorithms. Co-channel interference is introduced by including either base stations or mobiles at locations in the two dimensional space, all relative to the cell under test. This model can be used for testing the dynamic nature of adaptive antenna complex weighting algorithms. The features of the model are demonstrated using a phased array antenna at the base station

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; antenna phased arrays; cellular radio; cochannel interference; diversity reception; fading; land mobile radio; angle diversity algorithms; base station; cell under test; co-channel interference; complex weighting algorithms; fast Rayleigh fading; phased array antenna; spatial channel simulator; spatial coordinates; theoretical model; tracking algorithms; two dimensional space; AWGN; Adaptive arrays; Additive white noise; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Directive antennas; Fading; Phased arrays; Radiofrequency interference; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1927-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1994.345406

Filename

345406