Simulated performance of the HIPERLAN/2 physical layer with real and statistical channels

Author

Doufexi, A. ; Butler, M. ; Armour, S. ; Karlsson, P. ; Nix, A. ; Ball, David

Author_Institution

Centre for Commun. Res., Bristol Univ., UK

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

407

Lastpage

411

Abstract

HIPERLAN/2 is a European-standard high-speed wireless local area network (WLAN) operating in the 5 GHz band. In order to support broadband multimedia communications, it can provide data rates up to 54 Mbps. The HIPERLAN/2 standard specifies a flexible radio-access network that can be used with a variety of core networks, including UMTS. It is likely that HIPERLAN/2 will become an important complementary technology to 3G cellular systems, typically used for `hot-spot´ coverage. In this paper, the use of HIPERLAN/2 in conjunction with UMTS is discussed. Software-simulated physical layer performance results are presented and an evaluation given of the impact of the use of sectorised antennas at access points. Results are shown for statistical channel models and real channel measurements taken in both indoor and outdoor environments in the 5 GHz band

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; broadband networks; cellular radio; digital simulation; indoor radio; microwave antennas; multimedia communication; performance evaluation; statistical analysis; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 3G cellular systems; 5 GHz; 54 Mbit/s; European standard wireless LAN; HIPERLAN/2 physical layer; Rayleigh channels; Rician channels; SHF; UMTS; broadband multimedia communications; data rates; high-speed wireless local area network; hot-spot coverage; indoor environment; outdoor environment; radio-access network; real channel measurements; real channels; sectorised antennas; simulated performance; software-simulated physical layer performance; statistical channel models; statistical channels;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2001. Second International Conference on (Conf. Publ. No. 477)

Conference_Location

London

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-731-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:20010082

Filename

923579