Fast power control for voice in GERAN

Author

Tidestav, Claes ; Eriksson, Mathias

Author_Institution

Ericsson Radio Syst., Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

37135

Abstract

The capacity of a GSM system can be increased with fast power control. By sending four consecutive power control commands/measurement reports-instead of one-in the four bursts reserved for the slow associated control channel (SACCH), the system capacity can be increased by 10% for slow mobiles, and by 40% for fast mobiles. This gain is obtained with relatively small changes in the standard. The power control signaling is robust enough to handle low C/I situations. By simultaneously modifying its channel coding, the performance of the SACCH can be improved. This scheme will be part of Release 5 of the GSM/EDGE radio access network standard and is called enhanced power control

Keywords

cellular radio; power control; radio access networks; telecommunication control; GERAN; GSM system capacity; GSM/EDGE radio access network; SACCH; channel coding; enhanced data rates for global evolution; enhanced power control; fast power control; slow associated control channel; 3G mobile communication; Channel coding; Communication system traffic control; Control systems; GSM; Interference; Power control; Radio access networks; Robust control; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2001 12th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7244-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2001.965476

Filename

965476