Hopping Effect in Cell Coverage area and on

Mobile Speed
By shisenchi On 29 December 2012 In GSM

Effect in Cell Coverage Area

In coverage limited cells the frequency hopping may increase the cell coverage area because
of the frequency diversity gain, but since the BCCH time slot doesn’t hop, the increased
coverage area is relevant only for the ongoing calls that have been successfully established and
are allocated a hopping TCH.

According to the simulations, the non-hopping signalling channel (BCCH / SDCCH) has a better
performance than a non-hopping TCH but a worse performance than a hopping TCH channel.
Therefore, the cell coverage area could be increased, but not according to the full FH gain, but
by considering the performance of the BCCH time slot.

In RF FH case, the whole BCCH carrier is non-hopping. Thus, the frequency diversity gain
should be considered as a quality gain in the cell border area rather than the gain increasing the
cell service area.

Effect of Mobile Speed

The frequency diversity gain for the fast moving mobiles is not significant. The movement as
itself causes the same gain which is lost from the frequency diversity gain. Therefore, the fast
moving mobiles get the same gain than the slow moving ones, the gain just comes more or less
from the moving as itself.

In GSM, the speed of Power Control (PC) is slow. When moving fast, the PC cannot follow
anymore the slow fading dips so efficiently. Therefore, the fast moving mobiles might loose in
PC gain. Also the Handover (HO) performance may be degraded with high speed.

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