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Performance evaluation of soft handover in a realistic UMTS network

I. Forkel, Marc Schinnenburg, B. Wouters

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Abstract

With the operation of multiple radio links simultaneously in so-called soft handover situation, the link quality can significantly be improved. On the other hand, additional radio resources are necessary and distributed transmitters cause severe changes in a network's interference situation. This paper focuses on the effects of soft handover applied to a realistically planned UMTS network. As a result, the trade-off between interference mitigation and capacity loss is evaluated by means of dynamic simulation.

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With the operation of multiple radio links simultaneously in so-called soft handover situation, the link quality can significantly be improved. On the other hand, additional radio resources are necessary and distributed transmitters cause severe changes in a network's interference situation. This paper focuses on the effects of soft handover applied to a realistically planned UMTS network. As a result, the trade-off between interference mitigation and capacity loss is evaluated by means of dynamic simulation.

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With the operation of multiple radio links simultaneously in so-called soft handover situation, the link quality can significantly be improved. On the other hand, additional radio resources are necessary and distributed transmitters cause severe changes in a network's interference situation. This paper focuses on the effects of soft handover applied to a realistically planned UMTS network. As a result, the trade-off between interference mitigation and capacity loss is evaluated by means of dynamic simulation.

Key concepts: UMTS frequency bands, Soft handover, Handover, Computer science, Interference (communication), Computer network, UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network, Radio resource management

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