Enhancing the Performance of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) Network Using Antenna Diversity Technique

This paper focuses on the use of antenna diversity technique in enhancing the performance of Wideband Code Division Multiple Access network. Several field measurements of received signal strength were obtained from a WCDMA network with the help of spectrum analyzer and global positioning system. In this paper also, the characterization of the propagation environment was done using the pathloss exponent and empirical pathloss model. Results show that the pathloss exponent of the field environment where the network is situated resulted in 3.63.The use of antenna diversity on the same network gave a pathloss exponent of 2.51.

Author(s): Ifeagwu E.N, Ogu. C.J, Alagbu E.

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