Evaluation of a proposed handover algorithm for the GSM cellular system

Author

Mande, W.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fern Univ., Hagen

fYear

1990

fDate

6-9 May 1990

Firstpage

264

Lastpage

269

Abstract

In the future pan-European cellular mobile telephone system of the `Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM)´ of CEPT, the decision whether a handover shall happen can be based on a set of variables whose values are measured in the system. Some performance measures for handover algorithms are reported, and a simulation tool for the evaluation of a proposed GSM handover algorithm is described. Some results of the evaluation are included. Special attention is given to the time over which the sampled values are averaged. The evaluation is based on a model of a cellular network, where the radio propagation characteristics are assumed to follow a lognormal law with Rayleigh fading. For given routes of mobiles, measurements of the received signal level are obtained by simulation and fed to the handover algorithm

Keywords

cellular radio; radiotelephony; CEPT; GSM cellular system; Groupe Speciale Mobile; Rayleigh fading; cellular mobile telephone system; cellular network; handover algorithm; lognormal law; pan-European system; performance measures; radio propagation characteristics; received signal level; simulation tool; Base stations; Current measurement; Data processing; GSM; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Proposals; Radio link; Radio propagation; Telecommunication traffic; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1990 IEEE 40th

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1990.110331

Filename

110331