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Cell-Site Diversity Against Co-Channel Interference in LMDS Networks

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LMDS networks are fixed radio systems providing advanced telecommunication services to a variety of users. Millimeter wave frequencies above 20 GHz have been allocated to LMDS systems by ITU-R and CEPT. The design of LMDS systems must take into account how interference affects performance considering the dominant propagation impairments in these frequencies. In the present paper, cell-site diversity, an effective fade mitigation countermeasure for LMDS systems, is considered for the reduction of intersystem interference on downstream LMDS channels. The intersystem cochannel interference may originate from adjacent LMDS networks or from point-to-point links operating at the same frequencies. A physical propagation model for the calculation of carrier-to-interference ratio diversity gain for the downstream channel is presented. Numerical results focus on the impact of frequency of operation, the subscriber's service availability and the climatic conditions on the interference analysis of LMDS networks either using or not cell site diversity.

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Athanasios D. Panagopoulos was born in Athens, Greece on January 26, 1975. He received the Diploma Degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering (summa cum laude) and the Dr. Engineering Degree from National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) in July 1997 and inAprilxcan l 2002. From May 2002 to July 2003, he had served the Technical Corps of Hellenic Army. In September 2003, he joined School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, as Assistant Professor. He is also Research Assistant in the Wireless & Satellite Communications Group of NTUA. He has published more than eighty papers in international journals and conference proceedings. He is the recipient of URSI General AssemblyYoung ScientistAward in 2002 and 2005 respectively. His research interests include radio communication systems design, wireless and satellite communications networks and the propagation effects on multiple access systems and on communication protocols. He is member of IEEE and member of Technical Chamber of Greece.

Konstantinos P. Liolis was born in Athens, Greece in 1981. He received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in July 2004 and December 2005, respectively. He is currently working towards his Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at NTUA. From September 2004 to December 2005, he was research assistant in the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal-IT2) within UCSD. Since June 2006, he has been with the European Space Agency Research and Technology Centre (ESA/ESTEC), Noordwijk, The Netherlands. His research interests are in the areas of multiple antenna (MIMO) and multicarrier (OFDM) transmission techniques and their application to broadband fixed wireless access and satellite communication networks. He is student member of the IEEE and member of the Technical Chamber of Greece (TEE). He received the 3rd Best Student Paper Award in the 2006 IEEE Radio and Wireless Symposium.

Panayotis G. Cottis was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, in 1956. He received the Dipl. (mechanical and electrical engineering) and Dr.Eng. degrees from the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, in 1979 and 1984, respectively, and the M.Sc. degree from the University of Manchester, (UMIST), Manchester, U.K., in 1980. In 1986, he joined the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, National Technical University of Athens (NTUA), Greece, where he is currently a Professor. He has published more than seventy papers in international journals and transactions. His research interests include microwave theory and applications, wave propagation in anisotropic media, electromagnetic scattering, wireless and satellite communications. Since September 2003, he is the Vice Rector of NTUA.

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Panagopoulos, A.D., Liolis, K.P. & Cottis, P.G. Cell-Site Diversity Against Co-Channel Interference in LMDS Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 39, 183–198 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-006-9086-x

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