A simulation study of urban in-building cellular frequency reuse

Author

Rappaport, Theodore S. ; Brickhou, Robert A.

Author_Institution

Virginia Tech., USA

Volume

4

Issue

1

fYear

1997

fDate

2/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

23

Abstract

This article describes a simulation methodology for accessing capacity of secondary indoor wireless systems that share spectrum with conventional outdoor cellular systems. The techniques described may be used to predict the capacity of the indoor system over a multiyear time window. The results for the channel capacity for indoor “parasitic” cellular systems in a 48-story office building are presented over a 6-year time window. The simulations illustrate that the capacity of the indoor system varies with time as well as with the height above ground. Parasitic indoor systems are assumed to operate with RF power levels low enough that they cause negligible interference to the outdoor cellular system, so this work concentrated on the interference to the indoor system caused by the outdoor cellular (macrocellular) network

Keywords

building; cellular radio; channel capacity; digital simulation; frequency allocation; indoor radio; land mobile radio; radio networks; radiofrequency interference; simulation; channel capacity; height above ground; indoor parasitic cellular systems; interference; multiyear time window; office building; outdoor cellular systems; outdoor macrocellular network; secondary indoor wireless systems; simulation study; spectrum sharing; systems capacity; urban in-building cellular frequency reuse; Attenuation; Cellular networks; Consumer electronics; Control systems; Floors; Loss measurement; Predictive models; RF signals; Radio control; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Personal Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1070-9916

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/98.575988

Filename

575988