An experimental slow frequency-hopped personal communication system for the proposed U.S. 1850-1990 MHz band

Author

Rasky, Phillip D. ; Chiasson, Greg M. ; Borth, David E.

Author_Institution

Motorola Inc., Schaumburg, IL, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

12-15 Oct 1993

Firstpage

931

Abstract

An operational, prototype 1.8 GHz personal communication system employing the access technique of slow frequency-hopped CDMA is described. This system was designed to permit true vehicular/portable mobility with larger cells than conventional PCS proposals would allow while providing for the existence of a lower-cost PCS which would be operable in truly pedestrian-only environments. In the paper, the modem architecture, algorithms, and performance are discussed. The system has been found to yield excellent performance on a variety of channels characteristic of expanded PCS environment at a reasonable level of hardware complexity

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; communication complexity; frequency hop communication; modems; personal communication networks; transceivers; 1.8 GHz; UHF; algorithms; hardware complexity; modem architecture; performance; personal communication system; slow frequency-hopped CDMA; vehicular/portable mobility; Delay effects; Diversity reception; Equalizers; Frequency diversity; Laboratories; Land mobile radio; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Proposals; 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.1993.528515

Filename

528515