Cell sectoring for CDMA cellular systems.

Shen Fangzhong.Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2002.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-57).Abstracts in English and Chinese.Abstract --- p.iAcknowledgements --- p.iiiList of Figures --- p.viList of Tables --- p.ixChapter Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1Chapter 1.1. --- Motivation --- p.1Chapter 1.2. --- Related Work --- p.2Chapter 1.3. --- Our Work --- p.2Chapter 1.4. --- Some Assumptions --- p.2Chapter 1.4.1. --- Beamforming --- p.2Chapter 1.4.2. --- Downlink Channel --- p.2Chapter 1.4.3. --- Single Cell --- p.3Chapter 1.5. --- Thesis Road Map --- p.3Chapter Chapter 2. --- Preliminaries of Cell Sectoring --- p.4Chapter 2.1. --- Introduction --- p.4Chapter 2.2. --- Beamforming --- p.4Chapter 2.2.1. --- Linear Array --- p.5Chapter 2.2.2. --- Circular Array --- p.8Chapter 2.2.3. --- Butler Beamforming Network --- p.9Chapter 2.2.4. --- Dynamic Beamforming --- p.10Chapter 2.3. --- Power Control --- p.16Chapter Chapter 3. --- Dynamic Cell Sectoring --- p.19Chapter 3.1. --- Introduction --- p.19Chapter 3.2. --- Minimum Total Transmission Power sectoring --- p.21Chapter 3.2.1. --- Problem Statement --- p.21Chapter 3.2.2. --- Shortest Path Problem Formulation --- p.23Chapter 3.2.3. --- Shortest Path Algorithm and Complexity --- p.26Chapter 3.2.4. --- Graph Reduction --- p.28Chapter 3.2.5. --- Example --- p.30Chapter 3.3. --- Power Equalization Sectoring --- p.33Chapter 3.3.1. --- Relationship Between MinTTP Sectoring and PE Sectoring --- p.33Chapter 3.3.2. --- Power Equalization Sectoring Algorithm --- p.36Chapter 3.4. --- Numerical Results --- p.37Appendix --- p.44Chapter Chapter 4. --- Resectoring Algorithms --- p.46Chapter 4.1. --- Introduction --- p.46Chapter 4.2. --- Nyquist Sampling Theorem --- p.47Chapter 4.3. --- MinTTP Resectoring --- p.47Chapter 4.4. --- PE Resectoring --- p.43Chapter 4.5. --- Handoff --- p.48Chapter 4.5.1. --- Handoff Load --- p.49Chapter 4.6. --- Performance --- p.49Chapter Chapter 5. --- Conclusion and Future Work --- p.53Chapter 5.1. --- Thesis Summary --- p.53Chapter 5.2. --- Future Work --- p.54Bibliography --- p.5

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