Umudike Journal of Engineering and Technology

This paper focuses on the mitigation of channel fading in Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) 20001x network using antenna diversity technique. During the experimentation, the received signal strength measurement over some distances of  100metres   were carried out from a CDMA20001x network. The measurement devices include a TEMS software, Global Positioning System (GPS), modem, HP Laptop. The field measurement was done for some period of  time and the average of the measured data  were recorded. The average of data obtained from the field measurement was used in the determination of the pathloss exponent of the investigative network. Also, an empirically propagation model was developed from the measured field data. The implementation of the antenna diversity on the network was done during simulation and the received signal strength was measured again. Result obtained from the field data showed a pathloss exponent of 4.25 while a pathloss exponent of  2.81 was obtained with antenna diversity on the network.