Sensitivity of optimum downtilt angle for geographical traffic load distribution in WCDMA

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages 1202-1206

  Niemela, J ^a   Isotalo, T ^a   Borkowski, J ^a   Lempiainen, J ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antenna downtilt; geographical traffic load distribution; optimum downtilt angle; RET; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER PLANT LOADS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ANTENNA DOWNTILT; DOWNTILT; IMPLEMENTATION ALGORITHMS; NETWORK CONFIGURATION; NETWORK OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC DISTRIBUTIONS; TRAFFIC LOAD DISTRIBUTION; WCDMA;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 41549152972     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VETECF.2005.1558118     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (11)

1. T. Isotalo, J. Niemelä, and J. Lempiaïnen. Electrical antenna downtilt in UMTS network. In Proc. 5th European Wireless Conference, Barcelona, pp. 265-271, 2004.
2. J. Niemelä and J. Lempiaïnen. Impact of mechanical antenna downtilt on performance of WCDMA cellular network. In Proc. 59th Vehicular Technology Conference, Milan, vol. 4, pp. 2091-2095, 2004.
3. J. Niemelä and J. Lempiaïnen. Mitigation of pilot pollution through base station antenna configuration in WCDMA networks. In Proc. 60th Vehicular Technology Conference, Los Angeles, vol. 6, pp. 4270-4274, 2004.
4. 3GPP TS 25.463. UTRAN Iuant interface: Remore Electrical Tilting (RET) antennas application part (RETAP) signalling, version 6.0.0, Rel. 6.
5. M. Garcia-Lozano and S. Ruiz. Effects of downtilting on RRM parameters. In Proc. 15th Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications, Barcelona, vol. 2, pp. 2166-2170, 2004.
6. M. Garcia-Lozano and S. Ruiz. UMTS optimum cell load balancing for inhomogenous traffic patterns. In Proc. 60th Vehicular Technology Conference, Los Angeles, vol. 2, pp. 909-913, 2004.
7. M. Pettersen, L. E. Bråten, and A. G. Spilling. Automatic antenna tilt control for capacity enhancement in UMTS FDD. In Proc. 60th Vehicular Technology Conference, Los Angeles.
8. W. C. Drach. Using continuously adjustable electrical down-tilt (CAEDT) antennas to optimize wireless networks. RFS World: Detailed White Papers, available [online]: http://www.rfsworld.com.
9. 3GPP TS 25.215. UMTS; Physical layer measurements (FDD), version 5.3.0, Rel. 5.
10. A. Niininen. Appendix A: Integrated network planning tool: Nokia NetAct Planner. Fundamentals of Cellular Network Planning and Optimisation: 2G/2.5G/3G. Evolution to 4G by A. R. Mishra, John Wiley Sons Ltd., 2004.
11. Kathrein web site. 790-2200 MHz Base Station Antennas for Mobile Communications. available [online]: http://www.kathrein.de.