Practical W-CDMA receiver and transmitter system design and simulation

• Published in: First International Conference on 3G Mobile Communication Technologies pp. 117 - 121
• Main Authors: Nash, A.P, Freeland, G, Bigg, T
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: London IEE 2000
• Subjects: Codes; Communications computing; Design; Mobile radio systems; Multiple access communication; Simulation techniques; radio networks; basestation transmitter simulation; channel coding; UMTS terminal receiver noise budget; system-level simulation environment; broadband networks; digital simulation; 3G radio; land mobile radio; telecommunication computing; DSP technology; W-CDMA transmitter system design; network interfaces; software radio; W-CDMA receiver system design; third generation radio; CAD; Entegra 3G Design Suite; channel decoding; code division multiple access; radio receivers; RF amplifier; decoding; SystemView; RF technology; terminal system design; multiple-user W-CDMA waveform statistics; implementation margin; radio transmitters; IMT-2000 technologies; Elanix
• ISBN: 9780852967263; 0852967268
• DOI: 10.1049/cp:20000026

As terminal system designers begin to get to grips with the air-interface technology of W-CDMA and the other IMT-2000 technologies, there is a demand for a system-level simulation environment that is truly cross-disciplinary. The 3G and software radio concepts require an unprecedented degree of amalgamation between RF and DSP technology-areas that traditionally have been well separated. This point is illustrated by way of examples of both receiver and transmitter system design using Entegra's "3G Design Suite" for SystemView by Elanix. First, an analysis of the UMTS terminal receiver noise budget and hence expected implementation margin is presented. Second, an example of a UMTS basestation transmitter simulation showing how RF amplifier requirements are strongly dependant upon the statistics of multiple-user W-CDMA waveforms.