Performance Estimation of the Forward Link in a Macrocell/Microcell Hierarchical Cellular System Using Code Division Multiple Access

Jie ZHOU
Ushio YAMAMOTO
Yoshikuni ONOZATO

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E83-B    No.8    pp.1819-1826
Publication Date: 2000/08/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications)
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Keyword: 
hierarchical system,  forward link,  power control,  distance driven,  C/I driven,  

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Summary: 
In order to serve traffic hot spots, the hierarchical cellular systems or the hybrid TDMA/CDMA have been proposed, recently. In order to depress the multi-user interference and increase capacity, the forward link power control strategy is adopted in the macrocell/microcell hierarchical cellular system using code division multiple access (CDMA). Its effects are estimated in this paper. Especially, the impact of -th distance power control laws on the forward link outage probability and capacity plane for the hierarchical cellular system are investigated. The coverage area user capacity of the overlaid macrocell/microcell cellular system is obtained. The numerical results and discussions with previous published results are presented in detail.