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Transmit Diversity Schemes for WCDMA

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Previous work on transmitter antenna diversity has shown that the use of multiple transmitter antennas at the base station results in improved performance due to increase of diversity (path diversity). This happens with no bandwidth cost, even when the signal quality along several paths is poor, but the receiver estimates the channel with accuracy. This paper evaluates the effects of channel estimation errors in the performance of the schemes designated as Space-Time Transmitter Diversity (STTD) and Selective Transmitter Diversity (STD). We consider low to medium signal to noise ratios characteristic of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) networks. Different fading channel models are considered for comparison between the two schemes. The improvement due to convolutional coding associated with these techniques is also evaluated.

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Correia, A. Transmit Diversity Schemes for WCDMA. Wireless Personal Communications 25, 65–85 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023655325679

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