• DocumentCode
    1189213
  • Title

    Soft handoff extends CDMA cell coverage and increases reverse link capacity

  • Author

    Viterbi, Andrew J. ; Viterbi, Audrey M. ; Gilhousen, Klein S. ; Zehavi, Ephraim

  • Author_Institution
    QUALCOMM Inc., San Diego, CA, USA
  • Volume
    12
  • Issue
    8
  • fYear
    1994
  • fDate
    10/1/1994 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1281
  • Lastpage
    1288
  • Abstract
    The effect of handoff techniques on cell coverage and reverse link capacity is investigated for a spread spectrum CDMA system. It is shown that soft handoff increases both parameters significantly relative to conventional hard handoff
  • Keywords
    cellular radio; channel capacity; code division multiple access; frequency allocation; mobile radio systems; radio links; radiowave propagation; spread spectrum communication; CDMA cell coverage; frequency reuse; handoff techniques; propagation model; reverse link capacity; soft handoff; spread spectrum CDMA system; Attenuation; Base stations; Fading; Frequency; Multiaccess communication; Propagation losses; Shadow mapping; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication standards; Viterbi algorithm;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0733-8716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/49.329346
  • Filename
    329346
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1189213