Transmitter antenna diversity and adaptive signaling using long range prediction for fast fading DS/CDMA mobile radio channels

Previously, the authors introduced a novel algorithm for long range prediction of flat fading channels that can reliably predict future fading coefficients far beyond the coherence time. This prediction capability provides enabling technology for power and bandwidth efficient adaptive modulation and coding methods. In this paper, we extend our results to the direct sequence code division multiple access (DS/CDMA) channels. It is demonstrated that frequency selective channels encountered in CDMA can also be predicted far ahead, and that the proposed prediction methods can be combined with RAKE receivers. In addition, we utilize prediction to improve performance of the selective transmitter diversity system proposed for the third generation CDMA.