Interference Analysis on UMTS-2100 Co-Existence with GSM-1900

Author

Loureiro, Antonio ; Gallegos, David ; Caldwell, George

Author_Institution

Nokia Technol. Inst. (INdT), Brasilia, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

5-8 Sept. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A possible mobile spectrum allocation for mobile operators that offer 2G/3G services is WCDMA 2100MHz system co-existing with a GSM 1900MHz system in the same coverage area. In this scenario inter-band interference exists at mobile subscriber (MS)/user equipment (UE) level and network/base transceiver station (BTS/Node B) level, and the objective of this paper is to observe this behavior. For that purpose, measurements were taken in a laboratory configuration where variables were adjusted in order to explore main RF environment characteristics in real life such as: the received signal level at GSM phone, the distance between WCDMA/GSM phones, the guard band between systems and the transmission output power of UEs. The results show that the interference levels can decrease the quality and the capacity of networks using this spectrum allocation.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; code division multiple access; frequency allocation; mobile handsets; radio transceivers; radiofrequency interference; 2G services; 3G services; GSM phone; RF environment; UMTS-2100; WCDMA system; frequency 1900 MHz; frequency 2100 MHz; guard band; interband interference; interference analysis; mobile operator; mobile spectrum allocation; mobile subscriber; network capacity; network-base transceiver station level; user equipment; 3G mobile communication; GSM; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Sensitivity; Spread spectrum communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8328-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2011.6093255

Filename

6093255