Channel modelling and link simulation studies for the DECT test bed program

The DECT (Digital European Cordless Telephone) test bed is a collaborative DTI/SERC LINK project involving eight UK companies and two UK universities. The purpose of the test bed program is to validate the DECT specifications and investigate certain aspects of system performance through hardware trials. Two work packages were carried out at Leeds University for the program. The first was a channel modelling study, to characterise the DECT propagation channel and provide typical and worst case channel models for the hardware channel emulator to be used in the test bed laboratory trials. The second was a link simulation study to investigate the effect of the channel on system performance by software simulation. The work of these two studies is described