On the UMTS macrocells downlink capacity in open rural zone near shaded Deep Space Network (DSN) installations

Author

Taha-Ahmed, Bazil ; Calvo-Ramón, Miguel ; Haro-Ariet, L. ; Rodríguez-Osorio, Ramon Martinez

Author_Institution

Departamento Sistemas, Senales y Radiocomunicaciones, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Volume

7

fYear

2004

fDate

26-29 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

5245

Abstract

The UMTS macrocell downlink capacity is evaluated for macrocells that operate at the same frequency of the Deep Space Network (DSN) and that are near shaded DSN installations. It has been found that the downlink capacity is not affected when the distance between the DSN installations and the macro-cell is more than 35 km. For a distance greater than the obstacle distance, the effect of the DSN is less compared with the un-shaded case.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; channel capacity; interference (signal); radio links; space communication links; 35 km; DSN effect; UMTS macrocell downlink capacity; obstacle distance; open rural zone; shaded DSN installation-to-macro-cell distance; shaded Deep Space Network installations; 3G mobile communication; Diffraction; Downlink; Frequency; Intelligent networks; Macrocell networks; Propagation losses; Radio transmitters; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2004. VTC2004-Fall. 2004 IEEE 60th

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8521-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2004.1405102

Filename

1405102