• DocumentCode
    430256
  • Title

    Design of tower mounted amplifier for WCDMA applications

  • Author

    Azlinda, T.M.A.T. ; Amran, H.N.

  • Author_Institution
    RF Syst. Unit, Selangor, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    5-6 Oct. 2004
  • Firstpage
    17
  • Lastpage
    19
  • Abstract
    This paper describes the design of a tower mounted amplifier (TMA) which is used to improve the cell coverage and capacity in a wireless communication system. This technology and application is basically the extension of the connection between a 3G radio base station and its antenna. From the design results, a 10.5 dB gain TMA is achieved. While a 0 dB gain TMA gave approximately 5.47 km coverage, by adding the 10.5 dB gain TMA the coverage extends to approximately 18.32 km.
  • Keywords
    3G mobile communication; UHF amplifiers; cellular radio; 10.5 dB; 18.32 km; 3G radio base station; 5.47 km; TMA gain; WCDMA; base station-antenna connection; cell capacity; cell coverage; tower mounted amplifier; Base stations; Design methodology; Mobile communication; Monitoring; Multiaccess communication; Poles and towers; Radio frequency; Radiofrequency amplifiers; Switches; Switching circuits;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    RF and Microwave Conference, 2004. RFM 2004. Proceedings
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8671-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/RFM.2004.1411062
  • Filename
    1411062