Downtilted base station antennas - A simulation model proposal and impact on HSPA and LTE performance

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Gunnarsson, Fredrik ^a   Johansson, Martin N ^a   Furuskär, Anders ^a   Lundevall, Magnus ^a   Simonsson, Arne ^a   Tidestav, Claes ^a   Blomgren, Mats ^a  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Antennas; Base stations; HSPA; Land mobile radio cellular systems; LTE; Models; Radiation patterns; System level performance; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA RADIATION; ANTENNAS; BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR ARRAYS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; IMAGE COMPRESSION; MOBILE ANTENNAS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; PACKET NETWORKS; PUBLIC WORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HSPA; LAND MOBILE RADIO CELLULAR SYSTEMS; LTE; RADIATION PATTERNS; SYSTEM LEVEL PERFORMANCE; WCDMA;

DIRECTIONAL PATTERNS (ANTENNA);

EID: 58149127127     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2008.49     Document Type: Conference Paper

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