Hot-spot traffic relief with a tilted antenna in CDMA cellular networks

Abstract

Direct-sequence code division multiple-access (DS-CDMA) cellular networks are highly promising in terms of their potential to provide more capacity than an advanced mobile phone system (AMPS). However, heterogeneous traffic loading causes traffic congestion in a CDMA hot-spot. This paper presents a tilted antenna mechanism for sectored cells in CDMA cellular networks to relieve the congestion in a hot-spot sector. The fixed antenna-tilted mechanism, which only tilts the hot-spot antenna, can provide the merit of traffic balancing. Besides, we design a dynamic antenna-tilted mechanism in which tilting the antennas of the hot spot and its adjacent cell sectors is based on varying the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The dynamic mechanism can automatically tilt the antenna corresponding to the variation of traffic. Consequently, more capacity can be provided than in a fixed tilting mechanism, which only tilts the hot-spot antenna. Another benefit is the traffic-balancing effect with a tilted-antenna mechanism that reduces the transceivers of a hot-spot base station. Therefore, extra facilities are unnecessary for the hot spot than for a normal or light traffic sector.