3D Outside Cell Interference Factor for an Air-Ground CDMA ‘Cellular’ System

Author(s)

David W. Matolak, University of South Carolina - ColumbiaFollow

Document Type

Article

Subject Area(s)

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Abstract

We compute the outside-cell interference factor of a code-division multiple-access (CDMA) system for a three-dimensional (3-D) air-to-ground (AG) "cellular-like" network consisting of a set of uniformly distributed ground base stations and airborne mobile users. The CDMA capacity is roughly inversely proportional to the outside-cell interference factor. It is shown that for the nearly free-space propagation environment of these systems, the outside-cell interference factor can be larger than that for terrestrial propagation models (as expected) and depends approximately logarithmically upon both the cell height and cell radius.

Publication Info

Postprint version. Published in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, Volume 49, Issue 3, 2000, pages 706-710.

Rights

© IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 2000, IEEE

Matolak, D. (2000). 3D Outside Cell Interference Factor for an Air-Ground CDMA ‘Cellular’ System. IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 49(3), 706-710.

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