Grade of service simulator for GSM radio cells

Author

Astell, Paul

Author_Institution

BNR Europe Ltd., Harlow, UK

Volume

1

fYear

1993

fDate

12-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

133

Abstract

BNR Europe Limited has developed a Monte-Carlo Simulator for networks of GSM radio cells. The simulator outputs Grade of Service measurements such as: probability of call blocking, probability of call failure, averaged C/I measurements for the region simulated and numbers of handovers generated in the system. The purpose of the Simulator is to examine the effect of operating parameters in the GSM system upon the system performance and to evaluate algorithms for the control of GSM systems. This paper describes the Simulator and illustrates its use, for instance, in showing that handover performance is very sensitive to the parameter HO-MARGIN

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; cellular radio; land mobile radio; radiotelephony; simulation; telecommunication control; GSM radio cells; Grade of Service measurements; Monte-Carlo Simulator; averaged C/I measurements; control algorithm evaluation; handovers; probability of call blocking; probability of call failure; system performance; Base stations; Bit error rate; Communication system control; Europe; GSM; Log-normal distribution; Mobile antennas; Rayleigh channels; Shadow mapping; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1993. Personal Communications: Gateway to the 21st Century. Conference Record., 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1396-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1993.528363

Filename

528363