BER and FER prediction of control and traffic channels for a GSM type of air-interface

Author

Wigard, Jeroen ; Nielsen, Thomas Toftegård ; Michaelsen, Per Henrik ; Mogensen, Preben

Author_Institution

Center for Personkommunikation, Aalborg Univ., Denmark

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

1588

Abstract

Performance analysis of a mobile communications system is often done separately at network and at link level. It is difficult to study a modern mobile communications system like GSM analytically, due to the complexity. Hence simulations are used. It is desirable to include all link aspects in a network simulator, but without having to simulate every single link, since this would be to time consuming. In this paper a method is presented to find the BER and FER from the signal to interference (C/I) values for a GSM type of air-interface, which can be used for integration of link aspects in a network simulator. The accuracy is within 0.2 dB in case of the BER and 0.5 for the FER. Both traffic and control channels are studied and the method is independent of hopping sequences and speed

Keywords

cellular radio; error statistics; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; BER prediction; FER prediction; GSM; air-interface; cellular radio; frame erasure rate; full rate traffic channel; mobile communications system; network simulator; performance analysis; signal to interference ratio; simulation; slow associated control channel; Bit error rate; Communication system traffic control; Frequency; GSM; Interference; Interleaved codes; Mobile communication; Radio link; Time division multiple access; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686557

Filename

686557