Dynamic simulator for studying WCDMA based hierarchical cell structures

Author

Ghorashi, S.A. ; Homayounvala, E. ; Said, F. ; Aghvami, A.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., King´´s Coll., London, UK

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

37135

Abstract

A dynamic radio network simulator is implemented for studying WCDMA based hierarchical cell structures. The simulator allows estimation of capacity and quality of service related issues in a two-layer network (microcells and macrocells). The input to the simulator is base station and mobile station information and its output is presented as the blocking and dropping probabilities, handoff rate and capacity of the assumed network. Both uplink and downlink are considered. As an example, the impact of between-layer handover on the capacity is investigated. The whole simulator is based entirely on visual C++ software

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; digital simulation; microcellular radio; probability; quality of service; telecommunication computing; WCDMA; base station; blocking probability; dropping probability; dynamic radio network simulator; handoff rate; hierarchical cell structures; macrocells; microcells; mobile station; network capacity; quality of service; Base stations; Capacity planning; Downlink; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Engines; Multiaccess communication; Power control; Quality of service; Radio network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2001 12th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7244-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2001.965487

Filename

965487