Adaptive antennas for third generation DS-CDMA cellular systems

Author

Tsoulos, George V. ; Beach, Mark A. ; Swales, Simon C.

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

1995

fDate

4-7 Apr 1995

Firstpage

137

Abstract

This paper considers the performance of a DS-CDMA system which employs adaptive antenna technology at the base station site, for both the umbrella and the micro-cells in a mixed cell structure. The possible advantages from such a deployment are discussed before presenting some initial results from a new adaptive antenna simulation model. This exploits the capabilities of ray tracing to generate the complex channel impulse response and provide the angle of arrival of each received ray. The results illustrate the potential benefits of adaptive antenna technology when used in conjunction with DS-CDMA

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; cellular radio; code division multiple access; method of moments; ray tracing; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication channels; transient response; DS-CDMA cellular systems; adaptive antenna simulation model; adaptive antenna technology; angle of arrival; base station site; channel impulse response; micro-cells; mixed cell structure; performance; ray tracing; third generation systems; umbrella cells;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation, 1995., Ninth International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 407)

Conference_Location

Eindhoven

Print_ISBN

0-85296-637-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19950276

Filename

396210