Abstract
Frequency hopping (FH) CDMA has received relatively scant attention, although recently there have been some encouraging publications which claim that FH can achieve a similar performance advantage to that claimed by proponents of direct sequence (DS) CDMA. In order to allow a more detailed investigation of a feasible rival FH architecture, and select the modulation format and coding scheme to optimise its performance, essential data about the characteristics of a frequency hopped channel is required. The paper describes measurements undertaken in the City of Bristol to investigate the FH environment. The results show that although the long term statistics, such as the cumulative distribution, exhibit negligible differences between hopped and fixed frequency operation, the instantaneous effects differ considerably. These include the level crossing rate and mean fade duration, and could significantly influence the requirements for FH system design
Translated title of the contribution | Propagation characteristics of a frequency hopped channel |
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Original language | English |
Title of host publication | IEE International Conference on Antennas & Propagation (ICAP93), Heriott-Watt |
Publisher | Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) |
Pages | 861 - 864 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Volume | 2 |
ISBN (Print) | 0852965729 |
Publication status | Published - Apr 1993 |
Event | 8th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation - Edinburgh, United Kingdom Duration: 1 Apr 1993 → … |
Conference
Conference | 8th International Conference on Antennas and Propagation |
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Country/Territory | United Kingdom |
City | Edinburgh |
Period | 1/04/93 → … |
Bibliographical note
Conference Proceedings/Title of Journal: IEE International Conference on Antennas & Propagation (ICAP93)Rose publication type: Conference contribution
Sponsorship: We would like to acknowledge the invaluable help of Dr. T. Busby, Mr. R.J. Wilkinson and Mr. S.G. Chard for their assistance in preparing the channel sounding equipment, and to Dr. J Cheung for useful advice during the of the results. We would also like to thank Miss R.C. Thomas and Mr C. Simmonds for their help in undertaking these field trials
Keywords
- code division multiple access
- encoding
- frequency agility
- mobile radio systems