Title :
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
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1997.629995
