Potential of the GSM air interface to support CDMA operation

Author

Pons, J.A. ; Dunlop, J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

2

fYear

1997

fDate

12-16 Oct 1997

Firstpage

883

Abstract

An important issue in the development of third generation systems is the need for compatibility with the existing second generation systems. This paper considers the feasibility of supporting CDMA operation within the GSM air interface in order to provide UMTS capabilities. It produces performance estimates for two specific examples: joint detection CDMA channels, and multicarrier DS-CDMA channels. It is shown that a number of advantages can be obtained by using a hybrid CDMA scheme

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; land mobile radio; signal detection; spread spectrum communication; telecommunication channels; GSM air interface; UMTS; hybrid CDMA; joint detection CDMA channels; multicarrier DS-CDMA channels; performance estimates; second generation systems compatibility; third generation systems; 3G mobile communication; Frequency division multiaccess; GSM; Interference; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Power control; Power system protection; Signal processing algorithms; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications Record, 1997. Conference Record., 1997 IEEE 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3777-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1997.627290

Filename

627290