Performance evaluation of a two layer hierarchical cellular system with variable mobility users using multiple class applications

Author

Cimone, Giorgio ; Weerakoon, D.D. ; Aghvami, A.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., King´´s Coll., London, UK

Volume

5

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

2835

Abstract

This work deals with the performance evaluation of a two-layer hierarchical cellular network. Lower coverage is achieved by microcells that accommodate both new and handover requests, and can handle all types of multimedia traffic (voice, video, data). Macrocells, which are overlaid over the microcells, can also accommodate both new and handover requests but have limited application-handling capabilities (reduced quality video). A number of layer assignment techniques are compared, for the four mobility classes considered

Keywords

microcellular radio; multimedia communication; telecommunication traffic; coverage; handover requests; layer assignment techniques; macrocells; microcells; multimedia traffic; multiple class applications; performance evaluation; two-layer hierarchical cellular system; variable mobility users; Base stations; Cellular networks; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Lamps; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Quality of service; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5435-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.1999.800304

Filename

800304