Smart antenna BTS based on software radio technique for GSM/DCS system

Author

Bucci, G. ; Colamonico, A. ; Donati, M. ; Picciriello, A. ; Spagnolini, U.

Author_Institution

Siemens ICN S.p.A., Milano, Italy

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1225

Abstract

A smart antenna base station (SA-BTS) for GSM/DCS system has been designed to quantify the advantages of adaptive array processing. The architecture and the hardware platform have been chosen to have a flexible system for testing the performances of different space-time receivers both in laboratory and in field. The improved performance of adaptive antenna systems with respect to standard BTS are confirmed by tests carried out for different adaptive array algorithms

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; cellular radio; cochannel interference; digital radio; digital signal processing chips; direction-of-arrival estimation; interference suppression; radio receivers; software architecture; telecommunication computing; DOA; FPGA technology; GSM/DCS standard; GSM/DCS system; adaptive antenna systems; adaptive array algorithms; adaptive array processing; architecture; array processors; co-channel interference reduction; floating-point DSP; hardware platform; laboratory; performance; smart antenna BTS; smart antenna base station; software radio; space-time receivers; Adaptive arrays; Array signal processing; Base stations; Computer architecture; Distributed control; GSM; Hardware; Performance evaluation; Software radio; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5718-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2000.851320

Filename

851320