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Blind adaptive antenna arrays for mobile communications

Abstract

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Adaptive antenna arrays have tremendous potential for increasing the capacity of mobile communications, by reducing co-channel interference, multipath, and noise. Blind adaptive algorithms, that is, algorithms which do not require a training sequence, are investigated and compared in this study. These algorithms are tested for common cellular signals. The performances of three blind adaptive algorithms: the Constant Modulus Algorithm (CMA), the Spectral self-COherence Restoral Algorithm (SCORE), and the spectral correlation predictor using a Time-Dependent Adaptive Array (TDAA), are studied. The TDAA is introduced as a new blind algorithm that exploits the cyclostationary property of the signal. Results show that the TDAA is able to out-perform the other blind algorithms for most of the test conditions and provides the optimal MSE solution.

Degree

thesis:*
Name thesis:degree_name
Master of Science
Level thesis:degree_level
masters
Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
Electrical Engineering
Department dc:contributor.department
Electrical Engineering
Grantor dc:publisher
Virginia Tech
Year dc:date.issued
1994

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Petrus, Paul

Rights

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Statement dc:rights
  • In Copyright
Language dc:language.iso
en

Identifiers

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etd-07112009-040414
OAI identifier oai:identifier
oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/43679

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Petrus, Paul. Blind adaptive antenna arrays for mobile communications. masters thesis, Virginia Tech, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/43679