A highly efficient radio reuse scheme using tilted directional-beam antennas in urban microcellular systems

Ho Shin Cho, Duck Bin Im, Dan Keun Sung

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Abstract

A new microcell configuration scheme in urban areas is proposed in order to increase the reuse efficiency of radio resources. Multiple directional-beam antennas lined up a-long a street form a cigar-shaped cell. Antennas are located at intersection and are directed along the intersecting streets. Two antennas facing each other form a microzone and, therefore, a cigar-shaped cell consists of multiple microzones in a line. Each microzone is protected against co-channel interference from neighboring microzones by confinement of transmitted signals to a microzone using down-tilting of antenna beams. Therefore, a radio channel which is occupied in one microzone can be used in adjacent microzones. An increase in system capacity is achieved by the high reuse efficiency of radio resources. The proposed system increases system capacity by 560% with a call blocking probability of 1% when compared with a conventional system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall
Pages1356-1360
Number of pages5
Edition3
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
EventIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall - Amsterdam, Netherlands
Duration: 19 Sep 199922 Sep 1999

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Number3
Volume50
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

ConferenceIEEE VTS 50th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 1999-Fall
Country/TerritoryNetherlands
CityAmsterdam
Period19/09/9922/09/99

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