On the analysis of switched-beam antennas for the W-CDMA downlink

B Allen, M Beach - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart antennas are widely recognized as an enabling technology for addressing the
demand of future wireless network capacity when employed in place of traditional fixed …

Comparison of beamforming techniques for W-CDMA communication systems

HJ Li, TY Liu - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Different beamforming techniques are employed in a wideband code-division multiple-
access base station, and their uplink and downlink signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio …

Analysis of circular arrays as smart antennas for cellular networks

I Bogdan, C Comsa - Signals, Circuits and Systems, 2003. SCS …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Smart antennas are considered vital components of the future 3G mobile communication
networks based on www. symena. com, GV Tsoulos et al.(2000), and P. Gendren (2002) …

Comparative study of LMS and RLS adaptive algorithms in the optimum combining of uplink W-CDMA

R Martinez, A del Cacho, L de Haro… - Proceedings IEEE 56th …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The performance of LMS and RLS adaptive algorithms for optimum combining applied to the
reverse link of W-CDMA is studied in terms of SINR and computational load. Results are …

Introducción a la tecnología de antenas inteligentes: Aplicación a UMTS

ÓM Jiménez, IJF Martín, JLM Sierra - … de Telefónica I+ D, 2001 - dialnet.unirioja.es
Durante los últimos años, el crecimiento continuado del número de usuarios en los sistemas
de comunicaciones móviles ha provocado una necesidad cada vez mayor de incrementar …

Code acquisition schemes using antenna arrays for DS-SS systems and their performance in spatially correlated fading channels

WH Ryu, MK Park, SK Oh - IEEE Transactions on …, 2002 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose parallel and serial code-acquisition schemes using antenna arrays for initial
acquisition of direct-sequence spread-spectrum signals, which can lower substantially the …

Optimisation of radio coverage in urban microcells using a UTD based ray-tracing model

J Richter, MO Al-Nuaimi, LP Ivrissimtzis - IEE Proceedings-Microwaves …, 2004 - IET
In cellular communications, requirements for increased system capacity, improved coverage,
better quality and reduced transmitter power, along with the need to rationalise cellular …

Adaptive beamforming based on frequency-to-time pilot transform for OFDM

M Lei, P Zhang, H Harada… - IEEE 60th Vehicular …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose beamforming schemes for the combination of orthogonal
frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and adaptive antenna array. The least mean square …

Impact of wideband directional propagation channel characteristics on adaptive beamforming

JM Gil, LM Correia - IEICE Transactions on Communications, 2002 - search.ieice.org
Adaptive beamforming, using the Conjugate Gradient Normal Equation Residual problem, is
applied to a base station array, in the UTRA-TDD up-link. A Wideband Directional Channel …

Performance evaluation of W-CDMA in actual impulsive noise scenarios using adaptive antennas

R Martinez-Rodriguez-Osorio, L de-Haro-Ariet… - IEE Proceedings …, 2004 - IET
It is well known that impulsive noise may significantly degrade wireless digital
communication performance. The authors quantify the BER degradation of W-CDMA signals …