An overview of space division multiple access techniques in cellular systems

Author

Lötter, Michiel P. ; Van Rooyen, Pieter

Author_Institution

Alcatel Altech Telecoms, Boksburg, South Africa

fYear

1998

fDate

7-8 Sep 1998

Firstpage

161

Lastpage

164

Abstract

This paper provides an overview of the basic principles of smart antenna techniques as applied to the introduction of space division multiple access (SDMA) techniques in current mobile radio networks, as well as in personal communication services (PCS), personal communications networks (PCN) and the universal mobile telecommunication system (UMTS). It is shown qualitatively how SDMA techniques can increase the capacity of cellular network. Furthermore, a new SDMA principle based on the nonhomogeneous quality of service requirements in mobile multimedia networks is introduced with application to systems proposed for UMTS

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; cellular radio; channel capacity; multimedia communication; personal communication networks; quality of service; space division multiple access; PCN; PCS; SDMA; UMTS; cellular network capacity; cellular systems; homogeneous quality of service; mobile multimedia networks; mobile radio networks; personal communication services; personal communications networks; smart antenna techniques; space division multiple access techniques; universal mobile telecommunication system; 3G mobile communication; Africa; Base stations; Frequency division multiaccess; Interference; Mobile antennas; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Telecommunication standards; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Signal Processing, 1998. COMSIG '98. Proceedings of the 1998 South African Symposium on

Conference_Location

Rondebosch

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5054-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSIG.1998.736941

Filename

736941