Benefits of superconducting technology to wireless CDMA networks

Author

Salkola, M.I. ; Scalapino, D.J.

Author_Institution

Supercond. Technol. Inc., Santa Barbara, CA

Volume

55

Issue

3

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

943

Lastpage

955

Abstract

Compact high-temperature superconducting filters have high selectivity and sensitivity. Combined with a cryocooled low-noise amplifier, they significantly reduce the effective noise factor of a cellular base-station receiver. Their impact on wireless code-division multiple-access networks is examined using an analytical analysis and numerical simulations. Potential benefits of the superconducting technology include increased capacity utilization and coverage efficiency. Numerical simulations also address the question of how the network should be optimized to realize these benefits

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; low noise amplifiers; radio receivers; superconducting filters; capacity utilization; cellular base-station receiver; compact high-temperature superconducting filters; coverage efficiency; cryocooled low-noise amplifier; effective noise factor reduction; superconducting technology; wireless CDMA networks; wireless code-division multiple-access networks; Hardware; High temperature superconductors; Multiaccess communication; Noise reduction; Numerical simulation; Superconducting device noise; Superconducting filaments and wires; Superconducting filters; Wireless sensor networks; Working environment noise; Code division multiaccess; high-temperature superconductors; intermodulation distortion; wireless network modeling and simulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9545

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TVT.2005.863471

Filename

1634927