Evaluation of and Methods to Reduce Co-Channel Interference on the Forward Channel of a CDMA Cellular System
Abstract
The large volumes of information necessary to support today's warfigher require the development of new technology to provide this type of secure, high data rate communication. The flexibility of cellular communications makes it an excellent choice for this purpose. Currently available cellular communications systems are narrowband; that is, they cannot support high data rate applications such as video, full Internet connection, and teleconferencing. Simply increasing the bandwidth of the existing systems will result in severe degradation due to frequency-selective fading, resulting in loss of quality and reliability. Instead, a new wideband cellular system can be used featuring a multicarrier, code division multiple access (CDMA) method. This type of system minimizes the effects of frequency-selective fading while reducing the probability of detection and interception. The limiting factor in this type of system' is co-channel interference. This thesis focuses on analyzing the co-channel interference on the forward channel of the proposed CDMA cellular system and investigating methods such as sectoring and microzoning in an effort to reduce that interference.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 01, 1998
- Accession Number
- ADA358985
Entities
People
- Tanya G. Mayer
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School