Abstract
This paper highlights the key benefits of using intelligent relaying (IR) for future personal communication systems. IR is a technique that incorporates direct mobile to mobile communication, allowing end-to-end connectivity in a network to be implemented via a number of short hops. A mobile can in theory reach any destination by transmitting only as far as its closest neighbour, bringing potential benefits such as an overall reduction in transmit power, and the possibility of increased capacity. In addition, the self-organising nature of the network may reduce the need for network planning and basestation infrastructure. Issues investigated in this paper include the definition of a suitable path loss model for use between mobile stations. Simulations using this path loss model in a test environment show that average total power savings of 21 dB are possible, compared with a conventional microcell not using relaying. It is also shown that area coverage in the test environment can be increased by 70%, due to the possibility of using relaying to extend services into shadowed areas
| Original language | English |
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| Pages | 9/1 - 9/5 |
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| Publication status | Published - Feb 2000 |
Bibliographical note
Sponsorship: The authors would like to acknowledge the support of the UK's Virtual Centre of Excellence in Mobile and Personal Communications (Mobile VCE). Theassistance of Mr Gandhi Situmorang with collecting mobile-mobile path loss data is also gratefully acknowledged
Other identifier: IEE Ref. No. 2000/003
Name of Conference: Colloquium on Capacity and Range Enhancement Techniques for the Third Generation Mobile Communications and Beyond
Venue of Conference: London
Keywords
- personal communication networks