A new adaptive predistortion technique using software-defined radio and DSP technologies suitable for base station 3G power amplifiers

IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques

Volumn 52, Issue 9 I, 2004, Pages 2139-2147

  Jeckeln, Ernesto G ^a,b   Ghannouchi, Fadhel M ^c   Sawan, Mohamad A ^d  

^a Ericsson Amplifier Technologies Inc   (United States)

^b Powerwave Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

^d ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Digital predistortion; Linearization; Power amplifier (PA); Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; LINEARIZATION; POWER AMPLIFIERS; RADIO; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BASE STATIONS; DIGITAL PREDISTORTION; LINEARIZERS; PREDISTORTERS;

SIGNAL DISTORTION;

EID: 4544380638     PISSN: 00189480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2004.834174     Document Type: Conference Paper

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