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Applications of Antenna Arrays to Mobile Communications, Part I: Performance Improvement, Feasibility, and System Considerations LAL C. GODARA, SENIOR MEMBER, IEEE The demand for wireless mobile communications services is DBS Direct broadcasting system. growing at an explosive rate, with the anticipation that commu- DCS Digital cellular system. nication to a mobile device anywhere on the globe at all times will DECT Digital European cordless telecommunication. be available in the near future. DFT Discrete Fourier transform. An array of antennas mounted on vehicles, ships, aircraft, satel- lites, and base stations is expected to play an important role in DOA Direction of arrival. fulfilling the increased demand of channel requirement for these EIRP Effective isotropically radiated power. services, as well as for the realization of the dream that a portable ESA European Space Agency. communications device the size of a wristwatch be available at an ESTEC European Space Research and Technology Center. affordable cost for such services. This paper is the first of a two-part study. It provides a com- ETACS European total access communication system. prehensive treatment, at a level appropriate to nonspecialists, of FDD Frequency division duplex. the use of an antenna array to enhance the efficiency of mobile FDMA Frequency division multiple access. communications systems. It presents an overview of mobile com- FPLMTS Future Public Land-Mobile Telecommunications munications as well as details of how an array may