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Frequency Reuse
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GSM Frequency Band
GSM900
Upward 890 915 MHz
Downward 935 960 MHz
Tx-Rx difference is 45MHzcarrier space is 200KHz
GSM1800
Upward 1710 1785 MHz
Downward 1805 1880 MHz
Tx-Rx difference is 95MHzcarrier space is 200KHz
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GSM Channel Numbering
GSM900
GSM900 F
U
(n) = 890 + 0.2n MHz
F
D
(n) = Fu(n) + 45 MHz1 n 124
E-GSM900 F
U
(n) = 890 + 0.2(n-1024)974 n 1023
F
D
(n) = Fu(n) + 45 MHz
n is called Absolutely Radio Frequency Channel Number.
GSM1800
F
u
(n) = 1710.2 + 0.2(n-512) MHz
F
D
(n) = Fl(n) + 95 MHz 512 n 885
374 channels
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Frequency Reuse
Frequency reuse is referred to as the same
frequency is reused after a certain distance in
cellular wireless system. Generally, a limited
frequency band is divided into many groups, each
containing a few carriers, which are in turn assigned
to adjacent cells.
Usually, frequency reuse patterns include:
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Ordinary frequency reuse: 43, 33 and more
close 23 and 13.
Dual frequency reuse: BCCH and TCH adopt different
frequency reuse patterns respectively.
Concentric: the Underlay and Overlay adopt different
frequency reuse patterns respectively.
MRP: different layers adopt different reuse patterns.
Frequency Reuse
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4 3 frequency reuse pattern is that each site is divided
into 3 sector. 12 frequencies form a group which are
distributed to 4 different sites. Each site owns 3
frequencies.
A3
D2 B1
C3
B2 D1
D3
A2 C1
B3
C2 A1
B3
C2 A1
A3
A1
B1
D1
D3 D2
C3
B2 A1
C3 D2
C3
C1
D2 B1 C2 A1
A2 C1
D3
4 X 3 Frequency Reuse
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3 3 frequency reuse pattern is that each site is divided
into 3 sector. 9 frequencies form a group which are
distributed to 3 different sites. Each site owns 3
frequencies.
A3
C2 B1
B3
A2 C1
C3
B2 A1
A3
C2 B1
B3
A2 C1
B3
A1
C1
A1
A3 A2
C3
B2 A1
A3 A3
C3
C1
B2 A1 B2 A1
A2 C1
B3
3 X 3 Frequency Reuse
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3 X 3 Frequency Reuse
A1 B1 C1 A2 B2 C2 A3 B3 C3
1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
2 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
3 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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The following equation is used to estimate frequency
reuse distance:
D frequency reuse distance
R cell radius
N frequency reuse factor.
N=9 for 33; N=12 for 4 3
For 3/9 frequency reuse, D=5.2R
For 4/12 frequency reuse, D=6R
Frequency Reuse Distance
R N D * 3
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Definition of C/I and C/A
Co-channel Interference C/I
C/I refers to the interference of another cell using the
same frequency to the current cell. The ratio of carrier to
interference is called C/I.
GSM specification regulates that C/I >9dB. In
implementing, it requires C/I>12dB.
Adjacent channel interference C/A
C/A refers to interference of adjacent cell to the current cell.
The ratio is called C/A. The GSM specification regulates
that C/A>-9dB.
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Calculation of C/I
Where, P
own_cell
is the signal strength of current cell;
P
i_BCCH
is BCCH signal strength of interfering cell i
measured by MS.