Analysis of CDMA range extension due to soft handoff
- 19 November 2002
- conference paper
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- Vol. 2, 917-921 vol.2
- https://doi.org/10.1109/vetec.1995.505002
Abstract
We provide an analysis of CDMA range extension due to soft handoff. A simulation of GSM hard handoff and CDMA soft handoff is presented. In these simulations, a collection of 90 second calls are tracked through the system and the margin required to meet a constant call reliability is determined. A comparison of these margins for both GSM and CDMA indicate that, under a variety of conditions, the shadow fade margin required by the GSM system is about 2.6-3.6 dB higher than that needed by the CDMA soft handoff.Keywords
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