Space and polarisation diversity in a microcellular channel

Author

Kukushkin, Alexander ; McCarthy, James

Author_Institution

Div. of Radiophys., CSIRO, Epping, NSW, Australia

Volume

2

fYear

1996

Firstpage

1414

Abstract

The large variations in the received signal level in mobile communications systems due to multipath and scattering effects means designers must search for methods to meet the service quality performance requirements. The paper addresses the performance of both space and polarisation diversity combiners in a microcellular environment. The results discussed were obtained from a computer-based simulation. The performance was measured in terms of either fade statistics for a deterministic channel or a synchronisation error rate versus delay spread for a random channel

Keywords

cellular radio; delays; diversity reception; electromagnetic wave polarisation; electromagnetic wave scattering; error statistics; fading; land mobile radio; multipath channels; radio links; random processes; synchronisation; computer based simulation; delay spread; deterministic channel; fade statistics; microcellular channel; microcellular environment; mobile communications systems; multipath effects; performance measurement; polarisation diversity; random channel; received signal level variations; scattering effects; service quality; space diversity; synchronisation error rate; Diversity reception; Error analysis; Fading; Fresnel reflection; Microcell networks; Polarization; Power system modeling; Rayleigh channels; Rayleigh scattering; Rician channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1996. Mobile Technology for the Human Race., IEEE 46th

Conference_Location

Atlanta, GA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3157-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1996.501546

Filename

501546