New dynamic beam-forming protocol for wireless packet data networks

George Thomas

doi:10.1117/12.434457

27 July 2001 New dynamic beam-forming protocol for wireless packet data networks

George Thomas

Proceedings Volume 4531, Modeling and Design of Wireless Networks; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434457
Event: ITCom 2001: International Symposium on the Convergence of IT and Communications, 2001, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

Multi-beam array antennas are being deployed in wireless cellular networks to implement space division multiple access (SDMA), using various forms of antenna sectorization, as a means to increasing the capacity of these networks. In this paper we propose a dynamic beam-forming strategy which provides superior SDMA performance. Specifically, we propose successive splitting of an original wide angle beam so as to spatially separate a number of initially interfering transmitters. This is shown to result in very drastic reductions in delays and computational loads while incurring no throughput penalties compared to standard random access protocols.

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George Thomas "New dynamic beam-forming protocol for wireless packet data networks", Proc. SPIE 4531, Modeling and Design of Wireless Networks, (27 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434457

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