Sensor-efficient spatial processing of multiple co-channel digital signals

An adaptive space-time processing system for dynamic spatial channels in a CDMA mobile communications network is presented. The proposed system consists of an adaptive sensor array that estimates the desired directions and waveforms, followed by adaptive linear equalizers that refine the waveform estimates by compensating for the mobile radio uplink channel. Capacity gains are achieved through code reuse, which is made possible by performing the spatial processing after the codes have been decorrelated with one another. Simulation results for a two sensor array in a variety of interference scenarios are presented in the form of bit error rate curves.

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