Soft handoff extends CDMA cell coverage and increases reverse link capacity

1 January 1994

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Vol. 12 (8) , 1281-1288
https://doi.org/10.1109/49.329346

Abstract

The effect of handoff techniques on cell coverage and reverse link capacity is investigated for a spread spectrum CDMA system. It is shown that soft handoff increases both parameters significantly relative to conventional hard handoff

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