CDMA Smart Antenna Solutions Deliver Innovative Voice and Data Capabilities to Wireless Subscribers - Brief Article

Wireless Internet, Sept, 2001

The CDMA Development Group (CDG) released a reference document to drive the development and availability of smart antenna systems for cdmaOne and CDMA2000 systems. The enhanced capabilities provided by smart antenna solutions will allow CDMA operators to provide innovative new data and voice services to their subscribers.

Smart antenna solutions presented in the document capitalize on different aspects of CDMA technology, such as active antennas, fixed beam forming, and adaptive beam forming techniques, to improve spectral efficiency and to deliver significant improvements in coverage, quality of service, and capacity.

This is the first industry-wide effort to define the universal CDMA operator need for smart antenna technology, and is a part of the CDG's initiative to define the future of wireless technology. This reference document provides the service description, user requirements, and system capabilities for smart antenna technology in the CDMA family of technologies, and is available on the CDG Web site at www.cdg.org.

The CDG is committed to working with the industry to define coverage and capacity enhancing technologies to help CDMA operators maximize their networks.