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Performance Evaluation
Volume 62, Issues 1-4, October 2005, Pages 83-99
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Impacts of data call characteristics on multi-service CDMA system capacity

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Yujing WuCorresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author and Carey WilliamsonE-mail The Corresponding Author

Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4


Available online 10 August 2005.

Abstract

The capacity of multi-service Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems has been extensively studied in the literature. However, few studies address the fundamental issue of how the stochastic properties of non-Poisson data traffic affect the system capacity. This paper studies a CDMA system supporting voice and data traffic. Results show that increased variability in the data call arrival process decreases the system capacity, while increased variability in data call holding times increases the system capacity. The extent of these effects depends on other system parameters, such as transmission rates and communication quality requirements. These observations motivate a simple buffer-based resource management scheme that enhances the system capacity in the presence of high-variability data traffic, providing controllable performance tradeoffs between voice and data calls. This study uses both simulation and theoretical analysis, which is based on a Markov Regenerative Process (MRGP) model.

Keywords: CDMA; Capacity planning; Loss system; Markov regenerative process; Variability of stochastic processes

Article Outline

1. Introduction
2. Capacity and system model
2.1. CDMA network capacity
2.2. System model
3. Theoretical analysis via MRGP
3.1. Introduction to MRGP
3.2. MRGP analysis of a CDMA system
3.2.1. MRGP model
3.2.2. Solution method
3.2.2.1. Subordinate CTMC
3.2.2.2. Kernels and performance measures
3.3. Impact of data call arrival variability
4. Simulation study
5. Data call buffering
6. Conclusions
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Performance Evaluation
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Performance 2005
 
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