Title :
GSM versus CDMA: performance comparisons
Author :
Muratore, Flavio ; Romano, Giovanni
Author_Institution :
CSELT, Torino, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper, performance comparisons between the European mobile radio system GSM and one with a DS-CDMA access technique, based on the IS-95 Standard, are carried out in terms of link budgets and capacity evaluations. The same working conditions and the same cellular coverage have been adopted with the aim of performing a significant comparison between the two systems. In particular, system capacity has been evaluated in outdoor urban and quasi-open rural environments, under the hypothesis that the mobile terminals transmit with the same mean power. Moreover, non-ideal power control effects have been taken into account in performance evaluation
Keywords :
cellular radio; code division multiple access; digital radio; power control; pseudonoise codes; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication control; telecommunication standards; DS-CDMA access technique; European mobile radio system; GSM; IS-95 Standard; capacity evaluations; cellular coverage; link budgets; outdoor urban environments; performance comparisons; power control effects; quasi-open rural environments; system capacity; Code standards; Employee welfare; Feature extraction; GSM; Land mobile radio; Multiaccess communication; Personal communication networks; Power control; Telecommunication standards; Time division multiple access;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1996. GLOBECOM '96. 'Communications: The Key to Global Prosperity
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3336-5
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1996.594417
