Implementation of a prototype smart antenna for low tier PCS

Author

Biedka, Tom ; Holden, Brian ; Thornton, Steve ; Ferguson, Walt ; Hammons, Roger ; Johnson, Brian ; Kailas, S. ; Liau, Victor ; Nolan, Bill ; Paulraj, A. ; Sandhu, Sumeet

Author_Institution

Rayth, Greenville, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

448

Abstract

This paper describes a prototype, real-time adaptive beamforming system designed for the PACS low-tier PCS standard. An overview of the system architecture is given, along with a description of relevant implementation issues. Results are presented demonstrating the effectiveness of the system in rejecting strong co-channel interference and reducing fading. The effect of the time-varying environment on the required beamformer update rate is examined in detail

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; cochannel interference; fading channels; interference suppression; personal communication networks; radio access networks; telecommunication standards; time-varying channels; PACS low-tier PCS standard; beamformer update rate; co-channel interference rejection; fading reduction; prototype smart antenna; real-time adaptive beamforming system; system architecture; time-varying environment; Adaptive arrays; Array signal processing; Digital signal processing; Mobile antennas; Personal communication networks; Picture archiving and communication systems; Prototypes; Receiving antennas; Switches; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778095

Filename

778095