Management of slow and fast users in a two layer cellular system with overlapping coverage areas

Author

Marano, S. ; Mastroianni, C. ; Riccardi, R.

Author_Institution

D.E.I.S., Calabria Univ., Italy

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

1163

Abstract

A new way to manage users having different mobility characteristics (slow and fast users) in a two layer cellular system, through the use of the techniques of overlapping coverage and channel rearrangement, is provided. Overlapping coverage areas of nearby base stations arise in cellular communications systems, especially in small cell high-capacity microcellular configurations. With overlap, some users may have access to channels at more that one base station. This enhanced access can be used to improve the teletraffic performance characteristics. Channel rearrangements are used to benefit users who are in the range of only one base station. An analytical model for teletraffic performance is developed. Performance measures are derived and discussed

Keywords

channel allocation; channel capacity; microcellular radio; personal communication networks; probability; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; analytical model; base stations; blocking probability; cellular communications systems; channel assignment; channel rearrangement; channel rearrangements; fast users management; handoff activity; handoff failure probability; high-capacity microcellular configurations; mobility characteristics; overlapping coverage areas; performance measures; slow users management; teletraffic performance characteristics; traffic distribution; two layer cellular system; Analytical models; Base stations; Cellular networks; Communication system control; Control systems; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Mobile communication; Radio propagation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733682

Filename

733682