MODELING AND EVALUATION OF A SIMPLE ADAPTIVE ANTENNA ARRAY FOR A WCDMA MOBILE COMMUNICATION.

This thesis presents the uniform Linear Array model of a simple adaptive antenna array based on signal-to-interference plus noise ratio (SINR) maximization. The SINR was investigated for a conventional narrow band beam
former by varying the number of antenna array elements and number of interfering signals or users. The results were compared with that of omni-directional antenna. The graph obtained showed significant improvement in SINR as the number of antenna elements increases in the presence of large interferers for odd numbered array.

BY UDE ANTHONY OGOCHUKWU, SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONIC & COMPUTER ENGINEERING, FACULTY OF ENGINEERING, NNAMDI AZIKIWE UNIVERSITY, AWKA. IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF ENGINEERING (M.ENG) IN
TELECOMMUNICATION ENGINEERING