Title :
Performance evaluation of soft handover in a realistic UMTS network
Author :
Forkel, Ingo ; Schinnenburg, Marc ; Wouters, Bianca
Author_Institution :
Aachen Univ., Germany
Abstract :
With the operation of multiple radio links simultaneously in so-called soft handover situation, the link quality can significantly be improved. On the other hand, additional radio resources are necessary and distributed transmitters cause severe changes in a network´s interference situation. This paper focuses on the effects of soft handover applied to a realistically planned UMTS network. As a result, the trade-off between interference mitigation and capacity loss is evaluated by means of dynamic simulation.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; radio links; radio transmitters; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication network planning; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; distributed transmitters; interference mitigation; multiple radio links; performance evaluation; radio resources; realistic UMTS network; soft handover; 3G mobile communication; Communication networks; Diversity reception; Electronic mail; Intelligent networks; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Radio link; Radio network; Radio spectrum management;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2003. VTC 2003-Spring. The 57th IEEE Semiannual
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7757-5
DOI :
10.1109/VETECS.2003.1207171
