Smart antenna BTS based on software radio technique for GSM/DCS system

A smart antenna base station (SA-BTS) for GSM/DCS system has been designed to quantify the advantages of adaptive array processing. The architecture and the hardware platform have been chosen to have a flexible system for testing the performances of different space-time receivers both in laboratory and in field. The improved performance of adaptive antenna systems with respect to standard BTS are confirmed by tests carried out for different adaptive array algorithms.