Performance of Smart Antenna Systems for Signal Detection and Estimation in Multipath Fading Environment

Author

Samahi, M. ; Shubair, R.M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Etisalat Univ. Coll., Sharjah

fYear

2006

fDate

Nov. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation in Rayleigh fading environment using a uniform discrete scatterer model. DOA estimation based on the MUSIC algorithm is used in adaptive smart antenna systems to detect the location of mobile users in broadband 3G/4G wireless communication systems. The effect of Rayleigh channel encountered in urban environments is modeled using the uniform discrete scatterer model which is based on combining the rays received from each scatterer to form the multipath fading components. A MATLAB-based graphical user interface has also been developed and was used to study the effect of varying different channel parameters on the performance of the DOA estimation algorithm

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; adaptive antenna arrays; direction-of-arrival estimation; graphical user interfaces; multipath channels; signal detection; telecommunication computing; MATLAB-based graphical user interface; MUSIC algorithm; Rayleigh channel; Rayleigh fading environment; adaptive smart antenna systems; direction-of-arrival estimation; multipath fading environment; signal detection; uniform discrete scatterer model; Adaptive arrays; Adaptive systems; Broadband antennas; Direction of arrival estimation; Fading; Mathematical model; Multiple signal classification; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh scattering; Signal detection;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovations in Information Technology, 2006

Conference_Location

Dubai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0674-9

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0674-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INNOVATIONS.2006.301876

Filename

4085393