• DocumentCode
    2088219
  • Title

    The WESt combiner: benefits in digital radio systems for space diversity receivers

  • Author

    Bemasconi, A. ; Lago, A.Dal

  • Author_Institution
    Siemens Telecomunicazioni S.p.A., 20060 Cassino de´´ Pecchi (MI) - Italy
  • fYear
    1993
  • fDate
    6-10 Sept. 1993
  • Firstpage
    119
  • Lastpage
    122
  • Abstract
    The paper presents an efficient combination strategy for Space Diversity Receivers. The improved system performance obtained in High Capacity SDH Digital Radio with QAM modulation formats are shown. The combination control algorithm optimises the system performance using a strategy that properly weights power level and spectrum distortion to evaluate their impact on BER, and consequently acts on a RF endless phase shifter and two paths IF relative amplitude to optimise BER itself. First application of WESt (Weighted Evaluation Strategy) combiner was for a 6L band, 128 TCM (Trellis Coded Modulation) lxSTM-1 signal: laboratory test set and measurements are presented.
  • Keywords
    Bit error rate; Control systems; Digital communication; Phase distortion; Phase shifters; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Radio frequency; Receivers; Synchronous digital hierarchy; System performance;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Microwave Conference, 1993. 23rd European
  • Conference_Location
    Madrid, Spain
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/EUMA.1993.336807
  • Filename
    4136545