On WCDMA downlink multiservice coverage and capacity

Author

Cordier, Christophe ; Ortega, Susana

Author_Institution

Technol. & Applications Dept., Telemate Mobile Consultants, Montreuil, France

Volume

4

fYear

2001

fDate

6/23/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2754

Abstract

In this paper, we cover some radio dimensioning aspects for the downlink in WCDMA systems. Capacity and coverage estimation is conducted in a multiservice context, based on an analytical expression for the total power of the base-station. A definition for the multiservice downlink cell loading is introduced which allows a characterization of downlink multiservice capacity. Influence on the capacity of the traffic mix or of some key parameters like the non-orthogonality factor, soft handover rate, or the portion of power dedicated to broadcast channels is analysed. A downlink-specific link budget is also established, accounting for the mix of traffic in the cell. In this context, a comprehensive downlink dimensioning framework is set up

Keywords

broadcast channels; cellular radio; channel capacity; code division multiple access; mobile computing; quality of service; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; WCDMA; Web browsing; base-station total power; broadcast channels; cell loading; coverage estimation; downlink-specific link budget; multiservice capacity; non-orthogonality factor; radio dimensioning; soft handover rate; third generation systems; traffic mix; Analytical models; Antennas and propagation; Assembly; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Circuits; Closed-form solution; Downlink; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2001. VTC 2001 Fall. IEEE VTS 54th

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7005-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VTC.2001.957262

Filename

957262