Common-channel soft handoff in cdma2000. The paging channel

Author

Sarkar, Sandip ; Tiedemann, Edward G.

Author_Institution

QUALCOMM Inc., San Diego, CA, USA

Volume

48

Issue

6

fYear

2000

fDate

6/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

938

Lastpage

950

Abstract

cdma2000 has been proposed as the standard in the US for next-generation (3G) mobile phones. This paper describes the proposed paging channel of the cdma2000. It provides both the physical layer details of operation, and the signaling and network issues required to support these new channels. The new paging channel significantly improves the standby times of the phones for the 3G systems. This paper looks at a way to put this common channel in soft handoff, thereby improving the reliability of call setup, and leading to a better standby time for the cdma2000 phones. It is shown that the method does not affect the call setup time, and causes no significant impact on the power budget of the base stations. Furthermore, it is completely backward compatible

Keywords

code division multiple access; paging communication; telecommunication channels; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication standards; 3G mobile phone standard; backward compatibility; call setup reliability improvement; cdma2000 standard; common-channel soft handoff; next-generation mobile phones; paging channel; physical layer operation details; radio network; signaling; standby times; Bandwidth; Base stations; Communication system control; Media Access Protocol; Mobile handsets; Monitoring; Physical layer; Power system reliability; Proposals; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/22.846720

Filename

846720