The influence of discontinuous transmission on equal statistics in GSM

Author

Wigard, Jeroen ; Nielsen, Thomas Toftegaard ; Michaelsen, Per Henrik ; Skjaerris, Soren ; Magensen, P.

Author_Institution

Center for PersonKommunikation, Aalborg, Denmark

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

36342

Firstpage

2505

Abstract

Discontinuous transmission (DTX) is a feature which has been reported to give about 2.5 dB gain in C/I performance. However in real life, network operators, who switch on DTX, often experience a loss in performance. They measure the performance by the RXQUAL distribution. RXQUAL is a quality parameter used in GSM, which is directly related to the estimated BER before decoding. In the non-DTX mode the estimated BER is based on 100 bursts within 0.48 sec, while in the DTX mode the BER estimate is based on only 12 bursts within the same period. One method of estimation is the BER, and its inaccuracies, is studied in this paper. It is also explained why the quality in a network, where DTX is turned on, seems to decrease. Real life measurements and simulation results are shown

Keywords

Rayleigh channels; cellular radio; error statistics; interference suppression; radio networks; radiofrequency interference; statistical analysis; BER estimation; C/I performance; DTX mode; GSM; RXQUAL distribution; Rayleigh fading; cellular radio system; decoding; discontinuous transmission; equal statistics; interference reduction; network operators; network quality; nonDTX mode; performance measure; quality parameter; real life measurements; shadow fading; simulation results; Bit error rate; Decoding; Downlink; Frequency; GSM; Gain; Interference; Power control; Statistics; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999 IEEE 49th

Conference_Location

Houston, TX

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5565-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1999.778534

Filename

778534