Pre-select Path Diversity with the Aid of Downlink Beamforming in Indoor MC-CDMA Systems

  • Pham, Van-Su (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU)) ;
  • Le, Minh-Tuan (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU) ;
  • Linh Mai (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU) ;
  • Kim, Donghyun (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU) ;
  • Munhuyk Yim (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU) ;
  • Giwan Yoon (School of Eng., Information and Communications University (ICU))
  • Published : 2004.05.01

Abstract

In non-selective frequency environment, it is difficult to take the advantage of path diversity. In the literature, some methods have been proposed to solve the issue. This paper presents a new method to obtain the resolvable path in Indoor Multi-carrier Code Division Multiple Access (MC-CDMA) system by using downlink beam forming. With the aid of downlink beamforming, the most reliable path is found and chosen for the communication link. The new approach is evaluated in term of bit error rate (BER) and power consumption. The simulation results show that the new approach can get better BER performance. However, the cost of BER improvement is a small degradation in power reservation.

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