Abstract
Smart antennas are widely recognized as an enabling technology for addressing the demand of future wireless network capacity when employed in place of traditional fixed-coverage sector antennas. Furthermore, switched-beam antenna systems offer a robust implementation against multipath propagation effects and reduced complexity that is inherent with fully adaptive implementations. This paper introduces a simple closed-form expression for evaluating the capacity increase of W-CDMA cellular networks employing switched-beam antennas. The expression incorporates the effect of practical-antenna patterns and the impact of multipath scattering on code orthogonality, as well as that of pilot signal power. The results show that a reduction in downlink interference of approximately 6 dB can be achieved by installing an eight-beam antenna system in a 120 degrees sector configuration when representative values of these parameters are taken into account
| Translated title of the contribution | On the analysis of switched-beam antennas for the W-CDMA downlink |
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| Original language | English |
| Pages (from-to) | 569 - 578 |
| Number of pages | 10 |
| Journal | IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - May 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)Rose publication type: Journal article
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Keywords
- antenna arrays
- beamforming
- code-division multiple-access (CDMA)
- digital cellular systems
- smart antennas
- switched-beam antennas
- third-generation wireless systems