WCDMA 6-sector Deployment - Case Study of a Real Installed UMTS-FDD Network

Author

Hagerman, Bo ; Imbeni, Davide ; Barta, Jozsef ; Pollard, Adam ; Wohlmuth, Rainer ; Cosimini, Peter

Author_Institution

Ericsson

Volume

2

fYear

2006

fDate

7-10 May 2006

Firstpage

703

Lastpage

707

Abstract

Higher order sectorization is a promising technology to increase the capacity of cellular networks without the need for building additional sites. It is important to evaluate system performance in realistic non-homogenous deployment and traffic scenarios. A case study of a real network deployment has been undertaken to determine the capacity and coverage performance of the network when a limited set of sites are upgraded to 6-sectors sites. This in comparison to a homogenous and regular hexagonal scenario where a full network migration is performed. It is shown that the performance gain shown in homogenous deployments is maintained in a real network

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; code division multiple access; frequency division multiplexing; FDD network; UMTS; WCDMA; cellular networks; higher order sectorization; nonhomogenous deployment; traffic scenarios; Antennas and propagation; Base stations; Computer aided software engineering; Fading; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Multiaccess communication; Performance gain; Power control; System performance; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC 2006-Spring. IEEE 63rd

Conference_Location

Melbourne, Vic.

ISSN

1550-2252

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9391-0

Electronic_ISBN

1550-2252

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2006.1682915

Filename

1682915