Reverse link performance of wireless local loop CDMA networks

Author

Stellakis, H. ; Giordano, A. ; Aksu, A. ; Biagini, W.

Author_Institution

GTE Labs. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

4

Issue

2

fYear

2000

Firstpage

49

Lastpage

51

Abstract

We study the effect of directional subscriber antennas on the reverse link performance of a power-controlled code-division multiple access (CDMA) network in wireless local loop deployments. We investigate the capacity gain that is attained in wireless local loop (WLL) CDMA over mobile cellular systems and its variation as a function of the channel statistics. We also determine the overhead that soft handoff and directional subscriber antennas impose on the WLL system capacity.

Keywords

cellular radio; channel capacity; code division multiple access; directive antennas; multiuser channels; power control; radio access networks; radio links; statistical analysis; telecommunication control; WLL system capacity; capacity gain; channel statistics; code-division multiple access; directional subscriber antennas; mobile cellular systems; overhead; power-controlled CDMA network; reverse link capacity; reverse link performance; soft handoff; wireless local loop CDMA networks; Antennas and propagation; Directive antennas; Fading; Frequency; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Power control; Quality of service; Shadow mapping; Statistics;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/4234.824753

Filename

824753