Performance evaluation of the VBLAST algorithm in W-CDMA systems

D. Samardzija, P. Wolniansky, J. Ling
IEEE 54th Vehicular Technology Conference. VTC Fall 2001. Proceedings (Cat. No.01CH37211)  
In this paper we evaluate performance of the vertical BLAST (VBLAST) receiver algorithm in multipletransmitter/multiple-receiver (MTMR) cellular W-CDMA systems. We assume that the VBLAST algorithm is executed on a symbol level (i.e, on the despreaded received signal), following a conventional bank of matched filters (correlators). Also, we introduce concept of virtual antennas. BER performance of the algorithm in presence of intra-and inter-cell multiple-access interference (MAI) is evaluated.
more » ... ystem (Shannon) capacity is also studied. The observed system is defined based on the UMTS physical layer and corresponding channel models.
doi:10.1109/vtc.2001.956865 dblp:conf/vtc/SamardzijaWL01 fatcat:yqvptigqufhyfjrvuvsrmqlhve