Adaptive channel selection in frequency-selective fading environment

Abstract

This paper proposes an adaptive channel selection method that reduces signal distortion due to frequency selective fading and thereby improving the performance of mobile communication. In this method a channel is adaptively selected by estimating current channel condition with mean square decision error as a measure. This selected frequency channel corresponds to the channel in which the delayed signals add-up inphase. Hence, BER performance is improved with the proposed scheme. Computer simulation results show the effectiveness of the proposed scheme for a system with multiple terminals and also for a multiple base station (cellular) system.