Capacity evaluation of the EDGE concept for enhanced data rates in GSM and TDMA/136

Author

Furuskär, Anders ; Höök, Mikael ; Jäverbring, Stefan ; Olofsson, Håkan ; Sköld, Johan

Author_Institution

Ericsson Radio Syst. AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

1648

Abstract

This paper evaluates the capacity of the EDGE concept. To vouch for a high simulation accuracy, a novel interface between link and system simulations is used, where multipath fading is included on a system level. This allows detailed performance analyses with and without frequency hopping, as well as for different channel types. The presented results show that spectral efficiencies exceeding 0.45 bps/Hz/site and user data rates exceeding 384 kbps are achievable with EDGE. Compared to standard General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), these figures are more than doubled

Keywords

cellular radio; channel capacity; data communication; digital simulation; fading channels; frequency hop communication; multipath channels; multiuser channels; packet radio networks; telecommunication standards; time division multiple access; EDGE concept; GPRS; GSM; General Packet Radio Service; TDMA/136; capacity evaluation; data rates; frequency hopping; high simulation accuracy; link simulation; multipath fading; performance analyses; spectral efficiency; system simulation; third generation mobile communication systems; Automatic repeat request; Bit rate; Fading; Frequency; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Performance analysis; Physical layer; Standardization; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.780680

Filename

780680