Antenna-pattern diversity versus space diversity for use at handhelds

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1035-1042

  Mattheijssen, Paul ^a   Herben, Matti H A J ^b   Dolmans, Guido ^a   Leyten, Lukas ^a  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CORRELATION METHODS; DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA); FADING (RADIO); MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

CORRELATED FADING; DIVERSITY GAIN; MAXIMAL RATIO COMBINING; PATTERN DIVERSITY;

DIVERSITY RECEPTION;

EID: 3943109621     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2004.830156     Document Type: Article

References (16)

1. A. Annamalai Jr., "Unified analysis of practical selection diversity system in different fading environments," Electron. Lett., vol. 34, no. 3, pp. 243-244, 1998.
2. R. H. Clarke, "A statistical theory of mobile-radio reception," Bell Syst. Tech. J., vol. 47, pp. 957-1000, 1968.
3. M. V. Clark, L. J. Greenstein, W. K. Kennedy, and M. Shafi, "Matched filter performance bounds for diversity combining receivers in digital mobile radio," IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. 41, pp. 356-362, Nov. 1992.
4. W. M. C. Dolmans, "Effect of indoor fading on the performance of an adaptive antenna system," Ph.D. dissertation, Eindhoven Univ. Technol., Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 1997.
5. W. C. Jakes, Microwave Mobile Communications. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press, 1993.
6. C. B. Dietrich Jr., K. Dietze, J. R. Nealy, and W. L. Stutzman, "Spatial, polarization, and pattern diversity for wireless handheld terminals," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 49, pp. 1271-1281, Sept. 2001.
7. P. Mattheijssen, "Antenna pattern diversity for gsm handhelds," M.Sc. thesis, Eindhoven Univ. Technol., Eindhoven, The Netherlands, 2000.
8. R. G. Vaughan, "Switched parasitic elements for antenna diversity," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 399-405, Feb. 1999.
9. R. G. Vaughan, "Closely spaced monopoles for mobile communications," Radio Sci., vol. 28, no. 6, pp. 1259-1266.
10. R. G. Vaughan, "Switched parasitic elements for antenna diversity" IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 399-405, Feb. 1999.
11. N. L. Scott, M. O. Leonard-Taylor, and R. G. Vaughan, "Diversity gain from a single-port adaptive antenna using switched parasitic elements illustrated with a wire and monopole prototype," IEEE Trans. Antennas Propagat., vol. 47, pp. 1066-1070, June 1999.
12. J. F. Diouris, S. McLaughlin, and J. Zeidler, "Sensitivity analysis of the performance of a diversity receiver," in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Commun. (ICC'99), vol. 3, pp. 1598-1602.
13. R. G. Vaughan and J. B. Anderesen, "Antenna diversity in mobile communications" IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol., vol. VT-36, pp. 149-172, Nov. 1987.
14. Y. Yamada, K. Kagoshima, and K. Tsunekawa, "Diversity antennas for base and mobile stations in land communication systems," IEICE Trans., vol. E74, no. 10, pp. 3202-3209, 1991.
15. M. Schwartz, W. R. Bennet, and S. Stein, Communications Systems and Techniques. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1966.
16. D. A. Schnidman, "The calculation of the probability of detection and the generalized marcum Q-function," IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory, vol. 35, pp. 389-400, Mar. 1989.