DocumentCode
1498684
Title
Limits of sectorisation gain caused by mobility and soft handoff
Author
Jug, E. ; Boche, H.
Author_Institution
Tech. Univ. Ilmenau, Germany
Volume
35
Issue
2
fYear
1999
fDate
1/21/1999 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
119
Lastpage
120
Abstract
The improvement of the capacity of mobile communication systems by sectorisation of radio cells is assessed to be too optimistic at present. The authors point out the limits of the sectorisation gain caused by the mobility behaviour of the subscribers and soft handoff. In environments with few subscribers a substantial loss of this gain occurs
Keywords
cellular radio; code division multiple access; digital radio; CDMA; IS-95 standard; capacity improvement; mobile communication systems; radio cell sectorisation; sectorisation gain limits; soft handoff; subscriber mobility behaviour;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Electronics Letters
Publisher
iet
ISSN
0013-5194
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/el:19990094
Filename
757996
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