Multi antenna C/I balancing in the downlink of digital cellular mobile radio systems

Author

Schmalenberger, Ralph ; Blanz, Josef Johannes

Author_Institution

Res. Group for RF Commun., Kaiserslautern Univ., Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

607

Abstract

This paper deals with a novel balancing method for the carrier to interference ratio C/I in the downlink of a digital cellular radio system, using an array antenna in conjunction with beam forming techniques at the base stations. This concept is an extension of the well-known centralized power control scheme for single antenna systems. Based on Monte Carlo simulations of a cellular environment, cumulative distribution functions of C/I are determined in order to evaluate the performance improvements enabled by the novel balancing method

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; antenna arrays; array signal processing; cellular radio; digital radio; land mobile radio; power control; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication control; Monte Carlo simulations; array antenna; balancing method; base stations; beam forming; carrier to interference ratio; cumulative distribution functions; digital cellular mobile radio systems; downlink; multiantenna C/I balancing; performance improvements; power control scheme; Antenna arrays; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Downlink; Interference; Land mobile radio; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile antennas; Power control; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.600400

Filename

600400