Analysis of user membership in cellular CDMA networks

Author

Santucci, F. ; Huang, W. ; Bhargava, V.K.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Ingegneria Elettrica, l´´Aquila Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

750

Abstract

An analysis of the user membership in a cellular CDMA network is proposed. It is based on the estimate of the local mean attenuation on the radio links from a mobile terminal to each of the surrounding base stations. The estimate is carried out through proper filtering of the sequences of signal strength measurements performed on the received pilot signals. Two performance measures are considered: the probability that the best base station will not be selected, and the average number of membership switchings per time unit. Assuming a channel model with log-normal shadowing and fast fading superimposed, it is seen that a proper choice of the filter parameters is required to achieve the lowest values for these performance measures. The results obtained are of interest for handover and power control algorithms

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; electromagnetic wave absorption; fading; filtering theory; log normal distribution; losses; parameter estimation; power control; radio links; radio networks; radiowave propagation; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication control; average membership switchings per time unit; base station; base stations; cellular CDMA networks; channel model; direct sequence code division multiple access; fast fading; filter parameters; filtering; handover algorithms; local mean attenuation estimation; log-normal shadowing; mobile terminal; performance measures; power control algorithms; probability; propagation losses; radio links; received pilot signals; signal sequences; signal strength measurements; user membership; Attenuation; Base stations; Cellular networks; Fading; Filtering; Multiaccess communication; Performance evaluation; Radio link; Shadow mapping; Time measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1997. Waves of the Year 2000. PIMRC '97., The 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3871-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1997.626986

Filename

626986