This article provides a detailed discussion of wireless resource and channel allocation schemes. The authors provide a survey of a large number of published papers in the area of fixed, dynamic, and hybrid allocation schemes and compare their trade-offs in terms of complexity and performance. We also investigate these channel allocation schemes based on other factors such as distributed/centralized control and adaptability to traffic conditions. Moreover, we provide a detailed discussion on reuse partitioning schemes, the effect of handoffs, and prioritization schemes. Finally, we discuss other important issues in resource allocation such as overlay cells, frequency planning, and power control.

Channel assignment schemes for cellular mobile telecommunication systems: a comprehensive survey

This article provides a detailed discussion of wireless resource and channel allocation schemes. The authors provide a survey of a large number of published papers in the area of fixed, dynamic, and hybrid allocation schemes and compare their trade-offs in terms of complexity and performance. We also investigate these channel allocation schemes based on other factors such as distributed⁄centralized control and adaptability to traffic conditions. Moreover, we provide a detailed discussion on reuse partitioning schemes, the effect of handoffs, and prioritization schemes. Finally, we discuss other important issues in resource allocation such as overlay cells, frequency planning, and power control.

Channel assignment schemes for cellular mobile telecommunication systems: A comprehensive survey

Handoff is an essential element of cellular communications. Efficient handoff algorithms are a cost-effective way of enhancing the capacity and QoS of cellular systems. This article presents different aspects of handoff and discusses handoff related features of cellular systems. Several system deployment scenarios that dictate specific handoff requirements are illustrated. An account of handoff-related resource management tasks of cellular systems is given. Implementation of the handoff process is explained. Several mechanisms for evaluation of handoff-related system performance are described.

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Handoff in cellular systems

The author presents a preliminary analytical model that characterizes the central issues of the hand-off problem when vehicles can support multiple calls simultaneously. In such cases a cell boundary crossing by a single vehicle can generate multiple hand-off attempts. A suitable vector state representation is identified which casts the problem as a multidimensional birth-death process. An iterative method is used to find implicit hand-off parameters for systems in statistical equilibrium. Theoretical performance characteristics that show blocking, hand-off failure, and forced termination probabilities as functions of communication traffic are determined. >

The multiple-call hand-off problem in high-capacity cellular communications systems

In mobile communications, mobility modeling is involved in several aspects related to signaling and traffic load analysis. In third-generation systems, the influence of mobility on the network performance (e.g., handover rate) will be strengthened, mainly due to the huge number of mobile users in conjunction with the small cell size. In particular, the accuracy of mobility models becomes essential for the evaluation of system design alternatives and network implementation cost issues. The authors propose three basic types of mobility models, which are appropriate for the analysis of the full range of mobile communications design issues. The models provide different levels of detail regarding the user mobility behavior. In particular, (a) the city area model traces user motion at an area zone level, (b) the area zone model considers users moving on a street network, and (c) the street unit model tracks user motion with an accuracy of a few meters. The validity of the basic models for mobile communications design aspects is highlighted. Moreover, an "integrated mobility modeling tool" which considers the basic mobility models as components is proposed, aiming at the development of a refined modeling approach. This is achieved by improving the accuracy of the input parameters of each basic model via the exchange of some specific (mobility-related) parameters among the component models. To justify the applicability of the proposed integrated tool for both the analysis of design aspects and network planning, indicative results are presented, derived from simulation-based application examples of the three basic mobility models.

Mobility modeling in third-generation mobile telecommunications systems

The teletraffic performance of a highway microcellular digital mobile radio system having an oversailing macrocell that spans many microcells is presented. The microcellular cluster is composed of concatenated segments of the highway where each segment is a microcell, typically 500-2000 m in length, with the base stations located at lamp-post elevations. A narrowband time-division-multiple-access arrangement supporting ten channels per carrier and one carrier per base station is used. The teletraffic analysis assumes there are n-up and n-down lanes, and that the vehicular speeds conform to a truncated Gaussian distribution whose mean speed is 100 or 50 km/h when the vehicular traffic is free-flowing or in traffic-congested conditions, respectively. >

S.A. El-Dolil

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Teletraffic performance of highway microcells with overlay macrocell