A Method for Designing Fixed Multibeam Antenna Arrays in WCDMA Systems

Author

Osseiran, Afif ; Logothetis, Andrew

Volume

5

Issue

1

fYear

2006

Firstpage

41

Lastpage

44

Abstract

In this letter, simulated annealing (SA) is used for designing a fixed multibeam antenna array (AA) in a multiuser radio wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) system. The method can be used dynamically in a real system and/or in a radio planning tool. The proposed method is applied on a linear array by designing the antenna element (AE) pattern, the number of fixed beams, the AE spacing, and the AA transmit weights. The proposed method leads to a substantial base station (BS) power reduction which can be used to increase the system capacity or data throughput in a WCDMA system.

Keywords

antenna radiation patterns; broadband networks; code division multiple access; linear antenna arrays; multibeam antennas; simulated annealing; WCDMA systems; antenna element pattern; base station; fixed multibeam antenna arrays design; linear array; multiuser radio wide-band code division multiple access; radio planning tool; simulated annealing; Antenna arrays; Broadband antennas; Design methodology; Directive antennas; Linear antenna arrays; Multiaccess communication; Optimization methods; Receiving antennas; Simulated annealing; Transmitting antennas; Antenna arrays (AAs); antenna pattern; simulated annealing (SA); wide-band code-division multiple-access (WCDMA);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1225

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LAWP.2006.870367

Filename

1603540