The Impact of RF-Impairments and Automatic Gain Control on UMTS-HSDPA-Throughput Performance

Rainer Stuhlberger; Linus Maurer; Gernot Hueber; Andreas Springer

doi:10.1109/VTCF.2006.389

The Impact of RF-Impairments and Automatic Gain Control on UMTS-HSDPA-Throughput Performance

Rainer Stuhlberger, Linus Maurer, Gernot Hueber, Andreas Springer

Millimeter Wave Technologies (mmW)

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Abstract

This paper presents radio frequency (RF)-receiver investigations related to UMTS-HSDPA throughput performance (TP). The investigated concept is based on a direct conversion receiver (DCR) architecture enhanced with a digital-front-end (DFE). Due to the use of a DFE some analog requirements decrease on the expense of a tightened ADC specification and a more complex digital signal processing chain. To efficiently use the whole dynamic range of the ADC under all operating conditions requires a smart automatic gain control (AGC) strategy for the analog gain stages. The effects of different ADC levels on the TP performance are investigated in detail. Based on these results a smart leveling strategy is developed. TP results including the proposed AGC-method are presented for the ITU-channel models PA3, PB3, and VA120.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1-5
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Print)	1-4244-0063-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCF.2006.389
Publication status	Published - 28 Sept 2006
Event	IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference - Montreal, QC, Canada Duration: 25 Sept 2006 → 28 Sept 2006

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Conference	IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Period	25/09/06 → 28/09/06

Keywords

Gain control
Multiaccess communication
3G mobile communication
Automatic control
Throughput
Downlink
Radiofrequency integrated circuits
Radio frequency
Receivers
Digital signal processing

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