Impact of cell size on dual-mode CDMA cellular networks

Author

Ganesh, Rajamani ; Stellakis, Haris

Author_Institution

Network Infrastruct. Lab., GTE Lab. Inc., Waltham, MA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

8-11 Sep 1998

Firstpage

298

Abstract

Deployment of IS-95 based digital cellular CDMA networks over AMPS is both challenging and complex. Typical base station equipment can be programmed with a cell size parameter to limit call initiation and handoffs. A poor setting of this parameter can cause a loss in traffic capacity or may lead to an undesired service handover from CDMA to the underlying AMPS network. In this paper, we explore the impact of the cell size parameter on the performance of a dual-mode CDMA network. The effect of various cell sizes on outage load, primary traffic carried and the handoff overhead is shown. Our findings suggest optimum cell sizes coupled with appropriate CDMA to AMPS handdown strategies for maximizing CDMA capacity and network efficiency

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; digital radio; AMPS; IS-95 based digital cellular CDMA networks; base station; call initiation; cell size; dual-mode CDMA cellular networks; handdown strateg; handoff overhead; handoffs; network efficiency; outage load; primary traffic carried; service handover; traffic capacity; Base stations; Cellular networks; Code standards; Electronic mail; Laboratories; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Multiaccess communication; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4872-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1998.733563

Filename

733563