Space diversity reception techniques for the TETRA PMR system

Author

Al-Akaidi, M. ; Blackledge, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., De Montfort Univ., Leicester, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

1597

Abstract

In mobile radio systems the effects of fading can be counteracted by the use of diversity techniques either at the base station or the mobile. Since reducing fading, diversity schemes contribute to the reduction of the bit error rate that degrades the performance of any modulation scheme. This paper attempts to determine the performance of a typical TETRA system, without diversity for a variety of operating conditions and environments. This will provide a benchmark for assessing any benefits that diversity techniques will bring. Also it aims to find the limits of performance that can be achieved by using a two-branch space diversity system on a TETRA radio channel

Keywords

digital radio; diversity reception; fading; interference (signal); mobile radio; signal detection; telecommunication standards; European Private Mobile Radio standard; TETRA PMR; TETRA radio channel; benchmark; bit error rate; fading; mobile radio systems; performance; space diversity reception; two-branch space diversity system; urban environment; Base stations; Bit error rate; Decoding; Degradation; Diversity reception; Fading; Fluctuations; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Speech;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 1999. Proceedings of ICECS '99. The 6th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pafos

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5682-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICECS.1999.814478

Filename

814478