Dynamics of path losses between a mobile terminal and multiple base stations in a cellular environment

Author

Mukherjee, Sayandev ; Avidor, Dan

Author_Institution

Lucent Technol. Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

2320

Abstract

The purpose of handoff is to support the user by the base station (BS) having the least path loss to the mobile, while at the same time minimize the number of handoffs. A practical handoff algorithm is a trade-off between these two conflicting requirements. In this paper we do not attempt to analyze the performance of a practical algorithm. Instead, we focus on the average number of times per unit distance travelled that a moving mobile must switch BSs in order to always be served by the BS with the least path loss. This is, in fact, the basis for any good handoff algorithm, and could serve as a benchmark for comparison and evaluation of practical algorithms

Keywords

cellular radio; correlation methods; electromagnetic wave absorption; fading channels; losses; multipath channels; radiowave propagation; statistical analysis; telecommunication terminals; autocorrelation models; base station switching; cellular environment; correlation models; distance attenuation; mobile terminal; multipath fading; multiple base stations; numerical integration; path losses; practical handoff algorithm; propagation channel models; shadow fades; shadow loss; statistical relationships; Area measurement; Autocorrelation; Base stations; Fading; Hysteresis; Performance analysis; Power measurement; Propagation losses; Switches; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Proceedings, 2000. VTC 2000-Spring Tokyo. 2000 IEEE 51st

Conference_Location

Tokyo

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5718-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECS.2000.851687

Filename

851687