《a novel adaptive beamforming algorithm for antenna array cdma systems with strong interferers》.pdf

808 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON VEHICULAR TECHNOLOGY, VOL. 51, NO. 5, SEPTEMBER 2002 A Novel Adaptive Beamforming Algorithm for Antenna Array CDMA Systems With Strong Interferers Seungwon Choi, Member, IEEE, Jinho Choi, Heung-Jae Im, and Byungcho Choi, Member, IEEE Abstract—Blind beamforming based on the maximum nique1 has been known to be more efficient in terms of the total signal-to-noise ratio (MSNR) can improve the performance of throughput for the downlink communications where the data are the array system only when the processing gain of the given transmitted from the cell site to subscribers. code-division multiple-access (CDMA) system is high enough such that the desired signal can become dominant after the Interference suppression techniques such as smart antennas despreading [3], [15]. In this paper, we consider a maximum [9], [14] and multiuser detection [12] have been widely inves- signal-to-(interference plus noise) ratio (MSINR) beamforming. tigated for application in the DS-CDMA. The structure of a The MSINR performance criterion is chosen to effectively deal two-dimensional rake (2D-rake) combiner has been proposed with strong interferers. It is shown in this paper that a blind in [8] to detect spread signals at base stations equipped with the MSINR beamforming is possible by directly utilizing input and smart antenna. For the 2D-rake combiner, the criterion of maxi- output signals of correlators of the CDMA systems. In addition, we propose an adaptive beamforming algorithm at a lower mizing the signal-to-