Performance of MIMO-WCDMA Multicellular Networks with Ideal Power Control

• Published in: Wireless personal communications 2014-07, Vol.77 (1), p.541-551
• Main Authors: Gkonis, Panagiotis K., Kiokes, George
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Access methods and protocols, osi model; Applied sciences; Communications Engineering; Computer Communication Networks; Computer simulation; Engineering; Equipments and installations; Exact sciences and technology; Maximization; Mobile radiocommunication systems; Networks; Power control; Power gain; Radiocommunications; Rest; Signal,Image and Speech Processing; Stations; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teleprocessing networks. Isdn; Wideband
• ISSN: 0929-6212; 1572-834X
• DOI: 10.1007/s11277-013-1521-1

The goal of the study presented in this paper is to investigate the performance of a multiple input multiple output network using the wideband code division multiple access physical layer protocol. In this context, several transmission techniques are evaluated by executing independent Monte Carlo simulations in parallel with the help of a developed hybrid system—link level simulator. Moreover, the performance of a proposed technique that is based on the maximization of the desired signal of a Mobile Station (MS) to the total amount of interference caused to the rest of the network is evaluated as well. As results indicate, this technique can achieve up to 45 % transmission power gain for high data rate services compared to the case where only the maximization of the desired MS’s signal is considered.