Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems

In this thesis project, the author has carried out a thorough study on the performance of an uplink wideband CDMA (WCDMA) cellular system under fast closed-loop power control. Two study approaches are taken. Firstly, analytical study is carried out over a simplified cellular system. A mathematical m...

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spelling my-mmu-ep.4682010-06-21T02:52:16Z Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems 2003-01 Sim , Moh Lim LB2361 Curriculum In this thesis project, the author has carried out a thorough study on the performance of an uplink wideband CDMA (WCDMA) cellular system under fast closed-loop power control. Two study approaches are taken. Firstly, analytical study is carried out over a simplified cellular system. A mathematical model for the received signal power is proposed in terms of the probability density function. A large number of important parameters affecting the system performance have been included. The parameters taken into account include Doppler frequency which is related to mobile station's velocity , number of resolvable multipaths , maximum allowable transmitted power, power control updating frequency , number of pilot symbols per transmission frame, and number of receive diversity antenna branches. A set of analytical expression is then derived for the evaluation of the system performance in terms of bit-error rate (BER). The proposed analytical analysis approach has been verified to give good prediction of the system BER performance through comparison with simulation. The mathematical expression derived allow quick analysis of how various parameters may effect the WCDMA system performance. Next, simulation approach is adopted where most of the assumptions made in the pervious analyses are relaxed. A number of parameters are not taken into account in analytical method, such as number of power control command bits, power adjustment step-size, feedback channel error rate, type of power estimator, and power adjustment step-size control logic due to mathematical complexity. With simulation approach, the study of these parameters can be carried out. The analytical expression derived earlier have helped to serve as a reference for calibrating the simulation program developed. A new method for estimating the received signal power based on Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) criteria is then proposed and is found to outperform the conventional power estimator at high mobile speed. Performance and characteristics of the conventional fixed step-size power control scheme has been examined and optimum step-sizes have been identified. A simple adaptive power adjustment step-size control based on information of current and past power control commands is found to be able to improve system performance at low mobile speed. Another adaptive power adjustment step-size control scheme, which takes into account information of the received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), mobile speed and effective number of resolvable multipaths, has been shown to perform optimally over a wide range of channel conditions. 2003-01 Thesis http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/468/ http://myto.perpun.net.my/metoalogin/logina.php phd doctoral Multimedia University Research Library
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Sim , Moh Lim
Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
description In this thesis project, the author has carried out a thorough study on the performance of an uplink wideband CDMA (WCDMA) cellular system under fast closed-loop power control. Two study approaches are taken. Firstly, analytical study is carried out over a simplified cellular system. A mathematical model for the received signal power is proposed in terms of the probability density function. A large number of important parameters affecting the system performance have been included. The parameters taken into account include Doppler frequency which is related to mobile station's velocity , number of resolvable multipaths , maximum allowable transmitted power, power control updating frequency , number of pilot symbols per transmission frame, and number of receive diversity antenna branches. A set of analytical expression is then derived for the evaluation of the system performance in terms of bit-error rate (BER). The proposed analytical analysis approach has been verified to give good prediction of the system BER performance through comparison with simulation. The mathematical expression derived allow quick analysis of how various parameters may effect the WCDMA system performance. Next, simulation approach is adopted where most of the assumptions made in the pervious analyses are relaxed. A number of parameters are not taken into account in analytical method, such as number of power control command bits, power adjustment step-size, feedback channel error rate, type of power estimator, and power adjustment step-size control logic due to mathematical complexity. With simulation approach, the study of these parameters can be carried out. The analytical expression derived earlier have helped to serve as a reference for calibrating the simulation program developed. A new method for estimating the received signal power based on Minimum Mean Square Error (MMSE) criteria is then proposed and is found to outperform the conventional power estimator at high mobile speed. Performance and characteristics of the conventional fixed step-size power control scheme has been examined and optimum step-sizes have been identified. A simple adaptive power adjustment step-size control based on information of current and past power control commands is found to be able to improve system performance at low mobile speed. Another adaptive power adjustment step-size control scheme, which takes into account information of the received signal-to-interference ratio (SIR), mobile speed and effective number of resolvable multipaths, has been shown to perform optimally over a wide range of channel conditions.
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author Sim , Moh Lim
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title Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
title_short Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
title_full Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
title_fullStr Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
title_full_unstemmed Performance Analysis Of Fast Closed-Loop Power Control For WCDMA Systems
title_sort performance analysis of fast closed-loop power control for wcdma systems
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publishDate 2003
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