%0 Journal Article
%T Characterization of TDMA and W-CDMA Performance based on their Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
%A Emuoyibofarhe O.J
%A Oladosu J. B.
%A Ogunleye O
%A Alamu F.O
%J International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research
%D 2012
%I IRPN Publishers
%X Mobile Wireless Communication presents the users with seamless communication where possible. TDMA is the Multiple Access Scheme used in GSM while 3G system uses W-CDMA. The former is designed majorly for voice and a little of data. Due to the increased in number of phone users and the services enjoyed by the users, subscribers have demanded for non-voice services, mobile extensions to fixed-line services and richer mobile content. This has caused the network operators to develop 3G system with the goal of providing a network infrastructure that can support a much broader range of services than existing systems. This paper presents a characterization of the two wireless systems performance based on their key performance indicators (KPIs). This Characterization was carried out around their TCH Availability, Call Drop Rate, Call Set-up Success Rate (CSSR), Handover Rate, and TCH Traffic. From the collected data, the two systems were analyzed and the analysis shown that W-CDMA provides a network infrastructure that can support a much broader range of services than existing systems (GSM) because the main forces behind development of the third generation systems (3G) have been driven by the second generation systems¡¯ low performance data services, incompatible service in different parts of the world, and lack of capacity.
%K TDMA
%K W-CDMA
%K Call Drop Rate
%K Call Set-up Success Rate (CSSR)
%K Handover Rate
%U http://esjournals.org/journaloftechnology/archive/vol2no2/vol2no2_5.pdf