Interference in mobile cellular CDMA forward traffic channels

Mobile cellular CDMA networks for tactical applications require mobile base stations in order to provide communications on the move. Because of the mobility of the base stations, power balancing among the transmitters at different base stations is more difficult than in commercial cellular CDMA systems. Handoff of mobiles among base stations is also more difficult, primarily due to the mobility and the resulting lack of a high-speed wire-line network to interconnect the base stations. One important consequence is a higher likelihood of strong interference in the mobile receivers due to transmissions from neighboring base stations. In this paper the sensitivity to interference from neighboring base stations is investigated for the forward channels of a mobile cellular CDMA network