Downlink channel estimation in cellular systems with antenna arrays at base stations using channel probing with feedback

Eurasip Journal on Applied Signal Processing

Volumn 2004, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1330-1339

  Biguesh, Mehrzad ^a   Gershman, Alex B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna array; Channel estimation; Downlink channel; Training sequence

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA ARRAYS; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FUNCTIONS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

CELLULAR SYSTEMS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; DOWNLINK CHANNELS; TRAINING SEQUENCE;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 6344231760     PISSN: 11108657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/S1110865704403023     Document Type: Article

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