Novel simulation approach for 3G W-CDMA receivers

This paper presents a novel system simulation platform dedicated to the derivation of 3G receiver specifications in duplex transmission mode. The TX signal continuously present at the input of the receiver, and the eventual presence of in-band and out-of-band blocking signals degrade the signal to noise ratio through various phenomena. In order to find the optimal specifications of the system in this RF complex environment, a first stage of simulations is essential. The system simulator presented in this paper can handle complex scenarios simulations while tracking the distortion contribution of every block in the receive chain.