Enhanced Radio Access Technology Selection Exploiting Path Loss Information

This paper proposes the enhancement of different radio access technology (RAT) allocation strategies in a heterogeneous scenario with CDMA and TDMA access technologies by including path loss information. Results obtained from an analytical modelling reveal that, by making use of path loss information, either by allocating low path loss users in CDMA or in TDMA, depending on the specific characteristics of each technology, significant outage reductions can be achieved.