Analysis of CDMA antenna array receivers with fading channels

Author

Thompson, John S. ; Grant, Peter M. ; Mulgrew, Bernard

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Edinburgh Univ., UK

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

22-25 Sep 1996

Firstpage

297

Abstract

This paper discusses the use of sectorised antenna array receivers for the reverse links of cellular code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. A simple formula for estimating the array gain in the presence of CDMA interference is presented. The effect of spatial diversity on the bit error ratio (BER) performance of the receiver is also discussed. Finally, the capacity of a CDMA system employing antenna arrays is estimated, based on a Gaussian interference approximation

Keywords

Gaussian processes; antenna arrays; approximation theory; cellular radio; channel capacity; code division multiple access; coding errors; diversity reception; error statistics; fading; land mobile radio; radio links; radiofrequency interference; receiving antennas; BER performance; CDMA antenna array receivers; CDMA interference; CDMA system capacity; Gaussian interference approximation; array gain; bit error ratio; cellular systems; code division multiple access; fading channels; reverse links; sectorised antenna array receivers; spatial diversity; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Binary phase shift keying; Fading; Interference; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Multiaccess communication; Radio frequency; Receiving antennas; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications Proceedings, 1996., IEEE 4th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Mainz

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3567-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISSSTA.1996.563789

Filename

563789