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Deployment of antenna arrays is a very promising solution to reduce the Multiple Access Interference (MAI) from high data rate users in the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (W-CDMA) system. Combining the antenna array with a RAKE receiver, both of which exploits multipath diversity, can significantly improve the system performance. In this research, we investigate the performance of these beamformer-RAKE receivers, also known as two-dimensional (2-D) RAKE receiver, for the reverse link of the W-CDMA system. We consider three different Pilot Symbol Assisted (PSA) beamforming techniques, Direct Matrix Inversion (DMI), Least-Mean Square (LMS) and Recursive Least Square (RLS) adaptive algorithms. Two different Geometrically Based Single Bounce (GBSB) statistical channel models are considered, one, which is more suitable for array processing, and the other is conductive to RAKE combining. The performances of the 2-D RAKE receivers are evaluated in these two channel models as a function of the number of antenna elements and RAKE fingers. It is shown that, in both the cases, the 2-D RAKE receiver outperforms the conventional RAKE receiver and the conventional beamformer by a significant margin. Also, the output SINR expression of a 2-D RAKE receiver with the general optimum beamformer is derived. for the invaluable support, guidance and encouragement he has provided over the duration of this research. I thank him for presenting me the opportunity to work in a research topic like this, which I enjoyed every moment. I also thank my committee members, Dr. for carefully reviewing my thesis and providing valuable suggestions. I wish to thank Raqibul Mostafa for his continuous encouragement and fruitful discussion over the course of this research. He advised and guided me like his younger brother. I also thank Fakhrul Alam and James Hicks for their valuable suggestions in simulation and analysis of our proposed system. I would like to thank Dr. Jong H. Kim of LG Electronics for some crucial suggestions he provided in the design of the PSA 2-D RAKE receiver for W-CDMA. I also thank Jai Tsai for his critical discussion, which helped me to understand many aspects of space-time processing for W-CDMA. I also thank Saffet Bayram for his continuous encouragement in my research. Instruments for providing the financial support for this work. Most of all, I would like to thank my parents, my brother and my sister for their love and emotional support. I couldn't have come up to this point in my life …