Pattern diversity for single RF user terminals in multiuser environments

Authors:
Vlasis Barousis;Athanasios G. Kanatas;Nikolaos D. Skentos;Antonis Kalis
Affiliations:
Telecommunication Systems Laboratory, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece;Telecommunication Systems Laboratory, Department of Digital Systems, University of Piraeus, Piraeus, Greece;INTRACOM S. A. Telecom Solutions, Wireless Systems and Technologies Dept., Peania, Attika, Greece;Athens Information Technology, Paiania, Attika, Greece
Venue:
IEEE Communications Letters
Year:
2010

Citing 5
Cited 0

Fundamentals of wireless communication

Fundamentals of wireless communication
Deconstructing multiantenna fading channels

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing
Opportunistic beamforming using dumb antennas

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
On the optimality of multiantenna broadcast scheduling using zero-forcing beamforming

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
A Novel Approach to MIMO Transmission Using a Single RF Front End

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Although the utilization of multiple antennas enhances significantly the performance of multiuser systems, it is prohibitive for mobile devices due to size and power restrictions. In order to alleviate this problem we propose an alternative mobile architecture, built on compact antenna structures with fast beamforming capabilities. It is shown that the proposed architecture combined with a simple training procedure, enhances the average throughput of a multiuser system. The performance is compared with that of user devices with one or three antenna elements employing maximal ratio combining.