Title : 
Effect of tilted base-station antennas on cochannel interference reduction in cellular communications
         
        
            Author : 
Ting-Kai Qin ; Zhang, Xin ; Cheng, Yong
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Nanjing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The effect of tilted base-station antennas on cochannel interference reduction is studied analytically. A work-site testing approach of antenna installation is proposed and better cochannel interference reduction can be expected by applying the new approach
         
        
            Keywords : 
antenna radiation patterns; antenna testing; cellular radio; cochannel interference; interference suppression; transmitting antennas; antenna installation; antenna patterns; cellular communications; cochannel interference reduction; tilted base-station antennas; transmitting antenna; work-site testing approach; Directive antennas; Frequency; Image analysis; Interchannel interference; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Testing;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Radio and Wireless Conference, 1998. RAWCON 98. 1998 IEEE
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Colorado Springs, CO
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
0-7803-4988-1
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/RAWCON.1998.709144