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A MC-CDMA Mobile Communication System Employing Pre-Rake and Transmit Diversity

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In this paper, a multi-carrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) downlink mobile communication system employing pre-rake and dual transmit diversity is proposed. It combines high spectral efficiency with an immunity to channel dispersion and fading. It also ensures small size, cost and power consumption of the terminal. Theoretical and simulation results for the system under consideration are obtained. Depicted results show appreciable improvements of the proposed system over those previously known.

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  1. Electronics and Communications Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, 12613, Giza, Egypt

    Emad K. Al-Hussaini, Hebat-Allah M. Mourad & Fatma A. Newagy

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Emad K. Al-Hussaini received his B.Sc degree in Electrical Communication Engineering from Ain-Shams University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1964 and his M.Sc and Ph.D. degrees from Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, in 1974 and 1977, respectively. From 1964 to 1970, he was with the General Egyptian Aeroorganization. Since 1970, he has been with the Department of Electronics and Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, and is currently professor there. He was a research fellow at Imperial College, London, UK, and at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, in the academic years 1976/1977 and 1981/1982, respectively. In 1990, he received the Egyptian national encouragement award for outstanding engineering research. He has written several papers for technical international journals and conferences. His research interests include signal processing, fading channel communication, modulation, and cellular mobile radio systems. Dr Al-Hussaini is a senior member of IEEE. He is listed in Marquis Who’s Who in the World and in the IBC (International Biographical Center, Cambridge) for outstanding people of the 20th century.

Hebat-Allah M.Mourad received her B.Sc, M.Sc and Ph.D degrees in Electrical Communication Engineering from Cairo University, Egypt, in 1983, 1987 and 1994 respectively. Since 1983 she has been with the Electronics and Communications Department, Faculty of Engineering Cairo University and is currently associate professor there. Her research interests include mobile communications, satellite communications and optical fiber communications.

Fatma A. Newagy received her B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in electrical communication engineering from Cairo University, Egypt in 1998 and 2002 respectively. Since 1999, she has been a research assistant with the Department of Electronics and Communications, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University. She is pursuing her Ph.D. there. Her research interests include mobile communications and modulation techniques for spread spectrum and wireless communications.

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Al-Hussaini, E.K., Mourad, HA.M. & Newagy, F.A. A MC-CDMA Mobile Communication System Employing Pre-Rake and Transmit Diversity. Wireless Pers Commun 31, 131–148 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-004-1642-7

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