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Performance Improvements In Wireless Cdma Communications Utilizing Adaptive Antenna Arrays, Weichen Ye
Performance Improvements In Wireless Cdma Communications Utilizing Adaptive Antenna Arrays, Weichen Ye
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This dissertation studies applications of adaptive antenna arrays and space-time adaptive processing (STAP) in wireless code-division multiple-access (CDMA) communications. The work addresses three aspects of the CDMA communications problems: (I) near-far resistance, (2) reverse link, (3) forward link. In each case, adaptive arrays are applied and their performance is investigated.
The near-far effect is a well known problem which affects the reverse link of CDMA communication systems. The near-far resistance of STAP is analyzed for two processing methods: maximal ratio combining and optimum combining. It. is shown that while maximal ratio combining is not near-far resistant, optimum combining is near-far …