Urban CTM system using DECT

The Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication System (DECT) is gaining acceptance in environments different from those for which the system was designed, in particular outdoors environments such as radio local loop (RLL) and public cordless terminal mobility (CTM). The main difference between indoors, where DECT was supposed to work, and outdoors is that in the latter environment the signal propagation is not limited between walls, and further studies must be performed to determine its capacity. This paper presents an urban area upon which a CTM system is evaluated according to base stations position, number of transceivers per base station, antenna directivity and users mobility. A study by simulation and further discussion of the traffic capacity, interrupt and blocking probability and number of handovers is performed