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Combined ICA and FCA Schemes for a Hierarchical Network

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A combined idle channel assignment (ICA) and fixed channel assignment (FCA) scheme is proposed to improve the traffic performance in a hierarchical network. This dual-mode network integrates the Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) modes of the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) and Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA) in a given cell. This approach includes a high traffic load area and a blocked area as an example to evaluate the traffic performance. The ICA threshold and network timeout period effects on the traffic performance of this integrated dual-mode network are also investigated. The analytical results show that the handoff failure probabilities of the integrated dual-mode network can be reduced significantly with a minimal increase in the new call blocking probability when the combined ICA and FCA scheme replaces the FCA scheme. The integrated dual-mode network using the combined ICA and FCA scheme also increases the carried traffic. The traffic performance improvements for non-uniformly generated new calls are more significant than those for uniformly generated new calls when the combined ICA and FCA scheme is used. An increase in the high ICA threshold will result in an increase in the total carried traffic and an increase in the new call blocking and handoff failure probabilities for higher-tiered and low-tiered systems located in the high traffic load area. The traffic performance was evaluated using the discrete time simulation method to validate the analysis results.

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  1. Department of Communications Engineering, Yuan-Ze University, 135 Yuan-Tung Road, Nei-Li, Taoyuan, Taiwan, 320, R.O.C

    Jun Ping Huang & Jeich Mar

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Huang, J.P., Mar, J. Combined ICA and FCA Schemes for a Hierarchical Network. Wireless Personal Communications 28, 35–58 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1023/B:WIRE.0000015380.01332.fc

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