An experimental CDMA personal communications network

Author

Milstein, Laurence B. ; Schilling, Donald L. ; Pickholtz, Raymond L. ; Miller, Frank

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

27-30 Mar 1991

Firstpage

425

Abstract

Summary form only given. An experiment designed to demonstrate the feasibility of overlaying a direct sequence code division multiple access (CDMA) personal communications network (PCN) on an existing set of narrowband microwave users is described. The frequency band 1850-1990 MHz was chosen for the experiment; this band will be divided into two 50 MHz subbands, one for the base-to-mobile link and the other for the mobile-to-base link (the remaining 40 MHz will be used for guard bands). The experiment has two phases associated with it. The initial phase corresponds to the test of a single cell. The goal of the initial phase is primarily to determine what limitations, if any, have to be placed upon the overlay system; once this has been established, a full scale field test is planned for spring 1991 in both Houston and Orlando where 20000 to 25000 users per city will be deployed

Keywords

code division multiple access; mobile radio systems; 1850 to 1990 MHz; CDMA; microwave; narrowband; personal communications network; Base stations; Cities and towns; Direct-sequence code-division multiple access; FCC; Frequency conversion; Microwave devices; Multiaccess communication; Narrowband; Personal communication networks; Testing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications, 1991. Conference Proceedings., Tenth Annual International Phoenix Conference on

Conference_Location

Scottsdale, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2133-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCCC.1991.113843

Filename

113843