Investigating MC-CDMA System Performance Using Measurement-Based Channel Models


Kurnaz Ç., Goekalp H.

14th European Wireless Conference, Prague, Çek Cumhuriyeti, 22 - 25 Haziran 2008, ss.285-290 identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1109/ew.2008.4623889
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Prague
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Çek Cumhuriyeti
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.285-290
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: coherence bandwith, root-mean-square (rms) delay spread, outdoor mobile radio channel, multi carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA)
  • Ondokuz Mayıs Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

This paper investigates the performance of the downlink in Multi Carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) systems using a channel model from in-the-field propagation measurements. Results are presented also for channel models having non-exponentially decaying profiles. Channel coherence bandwidth (B,) is incorporated within the analysis in order to demonstrate the effect of channel frequency selectivity on system performance. The effect of transmission bandwidth, number of users and number of sub-carriers on system performance is analyzed. Our simulation results show that B, values for correlation coefficients of 0.75 or 0.9 can be used to represent the channel properties to investigate the required number of subcarriers. The level of multiple access interference is also shown to be related to the B, value for correlation coefficient of 0.5. Performance was analyzed for transmission bandwidths of 20MHz and 40MHz. Our results show that for some channels, performance is improved by using narrower transmission bandwidth and by selecting the band of transmission within the available band.