Interference diversity gain in frequency hopping GSM

Author

Olofsson, Hikan ; Naslund, Jonas ; Skold, Johan

Author_Institution

Ericsson Radio Syst. AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

1995

fDate

25-28 Jul 1995

Firstpage

102

Abstract

Wideband random frequency hopping is one of the key properties of GSM in an evolution towards PCS (personal communication services). Random frequency hopping introduces diversity on the transmission link, which improves the performance. In this paper, the impact of interference diversity in GSM is analyzed by means of bit level simulations of the GSM full rate speech channel. The analysis shows that the gain of interference diversity is highly system load dependent. The interference diversity gain is most striking in a system with low channel utilization. These results, together with system level simulations of frequency hopping GSM, show that random frequency hopping has implications for frequency planning. They indicate that GSM systems with simple frequency planning can be designed without sacrificing the overall system quality

Keywords

cellular radio; digital radio; diversity reception; frequency hop communication; land mobile radio; personal communication networks; radio spectrum management; radiofrequency interference; GSM; PCS; bit level simulation; frequency planning; full rate speech channel; interference diversity gain; personal communication services; random frequency hopping; Diversity methods; Frequency diversity; GSM; Interleaved codes; Personal communication networks; Radiofrequency interference; Rayleigh channels; Speech analysis; Spread spectrum communication; Wideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1995 IEEE 45th

Conference_Location

Chicago, IL

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2742-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1995.504838

Filename

504838