Influence of the handoff process on the channel holding time distribution for cellular systems

Author

Lara-Rodríguez, Doiningo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Center for Res. & Adv. Studies, Ticoman, Mexico

fYear

1996

fDate

19-21 Feb 1996

Firstpage

149

Lastpage

152

Abstract

Traffic capacity improvement is a strong necessity of cellular systems. One of the main techniques to increase capacity is the utilization of microcells. However, as cells are reduced, handoff rates are increased. In this paper the influence of the handoff process in the channel holding time is studied. The channel holding time is defined as the time duration between the instant that a channel is occupied by a call and the time it is released by either the completion of the call or a handoff. It is shown by simulation that the channel holding time distribution can be fitted by an exponential distribution for signal strength based handoff algorithms

Keywords

cellular radio; channel capacity; exponential distribution; telecommunication traffic; cellular radio; channel holding time distribution; exponential distribution; handoff process; microcells; signal strength based handoff algorithms; traffic capacity; Analytical models; Computational modeling; Exponential distribution; Fading; Signal processing; Telephony; Testing; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal Wireless Communications, 1996., IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Delhi

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3177-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPWC.1996.494259

Filename

494259