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UMTS spatio-temporal propagation trial results

  • Ben Allen
    ,
  • Julian Webber
    ,
  • Peter Karlsson
    ,
  • Mark Beach
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Abstract

The demand for novel signal processing architectures in mobile communication systems has never been greater. This is driven by the increasing demand for multimedia services and the inevitable rollout of 3G cellular systems such as Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). Two techniques that are currently being considered to meet this demand are: multi-user detectors (MUDs) and smart antennas. In order to assess the performance of these techniques, the characteristics of the environments is of prime importance. This paper reports on a spatio-temporal measurement system that has been used to measure the multi-dimensional channel characteristics. The trials data can be used to assess the performance of MUDs and smart antennas for UMTS. The system has been used to characterise a number of representative environments, namely: urban, rural, indoor and outdoor-indoor. The channel data allows an appraisal of UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) wireless communications systems incorporating novel signal processing techniques. Thus, the relative merits of each can be determined

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Research Output:
Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding
Conference contribution
 Peer-review

Original language

English

Publication milestones

  • Published - 01/04/2001

Publication status

Published - 01/04/2001

Publisher

IEE

ISBN (Print)

0852967330

Publication IDs

  • handle.net: 10547/270661

Host publication title

2001 Eleventh International Conference on Antennas and Propagation

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