Performance Evaluation of an Adaptive Sectorization Strategy for WCDMA Cellular Networks with Hotspot Areas

Author

Gkonis, Panagiotis K. ; Tsoulos, George V. ; Kaklamani, Dimitra I.

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Athens

fYear

2007

fDate

8-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

86

Lastpage

89

Abstract

The purpose of the study presented in this paper is to investigate the performance of an adaptive sectorization (AS) strategy for wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) cellular networks. It is considered that all sectors in a WCDMA network employ antenna arrays (AAs) able to form fixed or dynamic radiation patterns. A semi static simulator has been developed, executing Monte Carlo (MC) simulations. Results indicate that the proposed AS strategy can achieve up to three times higher throughput per beam in a multirate cellular environment.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; antenna radiation patterns; broadband antennas; broadband networks; cellular radio; code division multiple access; Monte Carlo simulation; WCDMA cellular network; adaptive sectorization strategy; antenna array; dynamic radiation pattern; hotspot area; performance evaluation; semi static simulator; wideband code division multiple access; Antenna radiation patterns; Computer networks; Downlink; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Multiaccess communication; Multiple access interference; Power control; Signal to noise ratio; Telecommunication computing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technologies, 2007 European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-2-87487-003-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECWT.2007.4403952

Filename

4403952