Capacity of a metropolitan area network-based architecture for the support of personal communication systems

Author

Silca, N.S. ; Brázio, José M.

Author_Institution

Telecel S.A., Lisboa, Portugal

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

1797

Abstract

Examines the capability of an architecture based on a metropolitan area network (MAN) to support voice and signaling traffic in a personal communication system environment. For that purpose expressions for the traffic circulating in the MAN and for the load supported by each network element are obtained. Metrics such as the system coverage area, number of cells and busy hour call attempts were calculated. The impact of dividing the MAN coverage area in several location and paging areas is also studied

Keywords

cellular radio; metropolitan area networks; network topology; paging communication; personal communication networks; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication traffic; voice communication; MAN; busy hour call attempts; capacity; cell numbers; location areas; metropolitan area network; metropolitan area network-based architecture; network element; paging areas; personal communication systems; signaling traffic; system coverage area; voice traffic; Base stations; Communication system control; Control systems; Metropolitan area networks; Microcell networks; Personal communication networks; Proposals; Switches; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.605868

Filename

605868