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Performance Comparison between Distributed Antenna and Microcellular Systems

Zhu, Huiling (2011) Performance Comparison between Distributed Antenna and Microcellular Systems. IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, 29 (6). pp. 1151-1163. ISSN 0733-8716. (doi:10.1109/JSAC.2011.110604) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:30183)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/JSAC.2011.110604

Abstract

The microcellular system and distributed antenna

system (DAS) are two promising systems for future high data rate

wireless communications, since both systems can reduce the radio

transmission distance between the transmitter and the receiver.

This paper aims to compare the average spectrum efficiency and

the cell edge spectrum efficiency between the two cellular systems

in the downlink transmission. In order to achieve high spectrum

efficiency, frequency reuse and/or spatial diversity are exploited

in these two systems. The performances between the two cellular

systems are theoretically compared in a network topology with

seven macrocells, each of which has seven hexagonal sectors (or

microcells). Moreover, the approach of antenna unit selection in

the DAS for spatial diversity is presented. Numerical results show

that the average spectrum efficiency per sector and the cell edge

spectrum efficiency in the microcellular system are better than

those in the DAS without frequency reuse. However, when the

frequency reuse is considered in the DAS, the DAS outperforms

the microcellular system in both of the average and cell edge

spectrum efficiencies.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/JSAC.2011.110604
Uncontrolled keywords: Distributed antenna systems; spatial diversity; cellular systems; frequency reuse
Subjects: T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunications > TK5103.4 Broadband communication systems
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User: J. Harries
Date Deposited: 17 Aug 2012 12:59 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:08 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/30183 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Zhu, Huiling.

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