Performance of Mobile Radio Cellular Systems with Power Control and Diversity, in the Presence of Ricean Fading and Log-Normal Shadowing

In this paper the performance of a cellular mobile radio system with frequency reuse is evaluated, in terms of outage probability. Near/far effect, log-normal shadowing and Ricean fading are accounted for, and the use of diversity and power control is considered in order to enhance the system performance. Particular attention is given to the sensitivity of the outage probability to the system parameters, especially those related to the fading model. It is seen that diversity and, in particular, power control greatly improve the system behavior. Also, the performance is sensitive to the fading parameter (the Rice factor, K) of the intended user, but is relatively independent of that of the interferers. I. INTRODUCTION Mobile communications are being given increasing consideration, due to the need for a user to be in touch with any other subscriber in the world while being able to move from a place to another. Therefore, as the mobile telephone service (along with a number of additiona..