USING Hybrid Adaptive Techniques to Reduce Multipath Effects in S-PCN Mobile Terminals

Sunday E. Iwasokun, Michael O. Kolawole

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DOI: 10.4236/cn.2010.24035                

Abstract

Multipath signal processing is a promising technique for increasing the capacity of downlink frequency of satellite communication networks (S-PCN). The paper presents an approach to processing and reducing multipath signals received from S-PCN typified of mobile terminal users in clustered or mountainous environment. Use of hybrid linear adaptive antenna array technique and adaptive filtering technique provides improved performance by eliminating uncorrelated signal residing in antenna sidelobes.

Keywords

Multipath Signal, S-PCN, Hybrid Adaptive Technique, Adaptive Antenna Array, Mobile Terminal

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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