Title :
Throughput and Coverage Analysis of WCDMA and HSDPA Networks
Author :
Hoefel, Roger Pierre Fabris ; Braz, Grace
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Fed. Univ. of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil
Abstract :
This research deals with a study of case, unifying theoretical and practical aspects, regarding the cell-planning of Wideband Code Division Multiplexing (WCDMA) Release 99 (Rel99) and High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) Rel. 5 networks. The used methodology, validated by the close agreement between field and numerical results for throughput and cell coverage, is a useful tool to have first order throughput/coverage prediction results for dimensioning and optimization purposes of advanced wireless networks. The field and analytical results also have confirmed that the HSDPA Rel. 5 allow a higher performance with a similar coverage in relation to that one obtained with a WCDMA Rel. 99 network.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Clutter; Degradation; Downlink; Interference; Multiaccess communication; Performance analysis; Throughput; Wideband; Wireless networks; HSDPA; WCDMA; coverage; link budget; throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Digital Telecommunications (ICDT), 2010 Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Athens, TBD, Greece
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7271-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICDT.2010.21
