High-speed simulation of the GPRS link layer

Author

Gozalvez, J. ; Dunlop, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

989

Abstract

The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is due to be implemented in current mobile networks, introducing a whole new range of mobile data applications and services. Considerable effort has been devoted to test its capabilities and system performance. In this paper, a modular and high-speed GPRS simulator is presented. In order to validate the simulation method, the GPRS link layer performance is assessed. The performance, for a single slot packet data channel, is evaluated in a typical urban environment for a range of mobile velocities. The impact of frequency hopping on link quality measures is also evaluated

Keywords

cellular radio; channel coding; data communication; digital simulation; frequency hop communication; packet radio networks; radio links; GPRS link layer; GSM networks; General Packet Radio Service; TDMA/136 networks; channel coding; frequency hopping; high-speed simulation; link quality measures; mobile data applications; mobile data services; mobile networks; single slot packet data channel; urban environment; Channel coding; Frequency; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Packet radio networks; Protection; Radio link; System performance; System testing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2000. PIMRC 2000. The 11th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

London

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6463-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.2000.881570

Filename

881570