Title :
Evaluation of a FH-CDMA cellular network with respect to handover strategies
Author_Institution :
TDF, Metz, France
Abstract :
Theoretical bounds are derived for a FH-CDMA microcellular network. The influence of base station diversity in the uplink is studied. It is shown that the soft handover area should extend beyond the classical hard handover boundaries. Specifically, the soft handover area should include as much as half the number of mobile stations around cell boundaries. Computer simulations are carried out to assess the validity of the theory. The trade-offs of a handover strategy applied to cellular network planning are finally discussed
Keywords :
cellular radio; code division multiple access; diversity reception; frequency hop communication; land mobile radio; FH-CDMA cellular network; base station diversity; cell boundaries; cellular network planning; handover strategies; handover strategy; hard handover boundaries; microcellular network; soft handover area; uplink; Bandwidth; Base stations; Computer simulation; Fading; Frequency synthesizers; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Multiaccess communication; Narrowband; Spread spectrum communication; Strategic planning;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th
Conference_Location :
Stockholm
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1927-3
DOI :
10.1109/VETEC.1994.345421
