Dynamic Channel Assignment Algorithms with Adaptive Array Antennas in Cellular Systems

Lan CHEN  Hidekazu MURATA  Susumu YOSHIDA  Shouichi HIROSE  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals of Electronics, Communications and Computer Sciences   Vol.E82-A    No.7    pp.1202-1209
Publication Date: 1999/07/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8508
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on Multi-dimensional Mobile Information Networks)
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dynamic channel assignment,  cellular system,  adaptive array antenna,  blocking probability,  forced termination probability,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, the performance of dynamic channel assignment for cellular systems with an array antenna is evaluated assuming realistic beamformer. A new dynamic channel assignment algorithm is proposed to improve the performance by forming a directional beam pattern to cancel stronger co-channel interference with higher priority. Performance comparison is carried out by computer simulations. Conventional algorithm shows 2.7 fold capacity increase compared with an omni antenna system, whereas proposed algorithm shows around 3.3 fold capacity increase, at the point of 3 percent blocking probability. The simulation results also denote that a shorter reuse distance can be achieved by the proposed algorithm, which indicates a more efficient utilization of channel resource.