Spatial considerations in the design and simulation of cellular multiple access systems

Author

Lötter, Michiel P. ; Van Rooyen, Pieter

Author_Institution

Alcatel Altech Telecoms, Boksburg, South Africa

fYear

1997

fDate

9-10 Sep 1997

Firstpage

127

Lastpage

130

Abstract

Some spatial considerations in the design and simulation of cellular communication systems are discussed. In particular, new probability density functions (PDF) are used to describe the location of users in a cellular system and analytical expressions for the PDF of the angle of arrival (AOA) of signals at the subscriber are derived for systems employing directional antennas or smart antennas. These expressions can be used to derive analytic expressions for the bit error rate performance of space division multiple access (SDMA) communication systems

Keywords

array signal processing; cellular radio; coding errors; digital simulation; direction-of-arrival estimation; directive antennas; error statistics; land mobile radio; multi-access systems; probability; AOA; BER; PDF; SDMA; angle of arrival; bit error rate performance; cellular communication systems; cellular multiple access systems; directional antennas; probability density functions; simulation; smart antennas; space division multiple access; spatial considerations; system design; user location; 3G mobile communication; Africa; Capacitive sensors; Density functional theory; Design engineering; Directional antennas; FCC; Multiaccess communication; Telecommunications; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Signal Processing, 1997. COMSIG '97., Proceedings of the 1997 South African Symposium on

Conference_Location

Grahamstown

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4173-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/COMSIG.1997.629995

Filename

629995