On the tightness of signal to noise ratio gain bound of maximum ratio transmission

Author

Fan, Pingyi ; Cao, Zhigang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

180

Abstract

Antenna array diversity is one of the most effective techniques to improve the performance of a wireless communication system in a fading environment. Especially in a mobile system, it is more practical to employ an antenna array at the base station rather than at the mobile units. We discuss the tightness of the upper bound on signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) gain in maximum ratio transmission in Lo (1999). It is proved that when the receiver antenna number is not more than two, the upper bound of SNR gain can be achieved. Otherwise, the upper bound of SNR gain can almost surely not be achieved

Keywords

antenna arrays; diversity reception; fading channels; mobile radio; SNR; antenna array diversity; fading; gain bound; maximum ratio transmission; mobile system; receiver antenna number; signal-to-noise ratio; upper bound tightness; wireless communication system; Antenna arrays; Base stations; Digital communication; Diversity reception; Fading; Receiving antennas; Signal to noise ratio; Transmitting antennas; Upper bound; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 2000. WCC - ICCT 2000. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Beijing

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6394-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.2000.889192

Filename

889192