Title :
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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Personal Wireless Communications, 1996., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New Delhi
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3177-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICPWC.1996.494259
