DocumentCode
435625
Title
Impact of dead zones on the performance of urban 3G cellular networks
Author
Mitchell, T.
Author_Institution
Multiple Access Commun. Ltd., Southampton, UK
fYear
2004
fDate
2004
Firstpage
514
Lastpage
518
Abstract
The impact of dead zones on the performance of the frequency division duplex (FDD) mode of an urban UTRA cellular network was investigated. An urban cellular network was simulated with and without ACI produced by another uncoordinated cellular network. It was found that the overall capacity of the ´victim´ cellular network in the presence of ACI was similar to the capacity without ACI for the value of ACP defined in the UTRA FDD specifications (33 dB). However, in the areas that dead zones occur, we highlighted a number of ACI mitigation techniques and it was found that the most effective techniques require a significant degree of operator cooperation.
Keywords
3G mobile communication; adjacent channel interference; cellular radio; channel capacity; frequency division multiple access; ACI mitigation techniques; ACP; FDD; UMTS terrestrial radio access; UTRA; adjacent channel interference; adjacent channel protection; dead zone effects; frequency division duplex mode; network capacity; urban 3G cellular networks;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
3G Mobile Communication Technologies, 2004. 3G 2004. Fifth IEE International Conference on
ISSN
0537-9989
Print_ISBN
0-86341-388-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/cp:20040728
Filename
1434530
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