Interference statistics of cellular DS/CDMA systems with base station diversity under multipath fading

A theoretical characterization of intracell and intercell interference statistics in cellular direct-sequence code-division multiple-access systems in a multipath environment is presented considering both fast and slow power control. Unlike many of the previous papers, mobiles are assumed to connect to a base station according to a minimum attenuation criterion, also known as base station diversity. Interference statistics are used to estimate system capacity and results have been validated by Monte Carlo simulations. Our results confirm that much greater capacity can be achieved when multipath fading is compensated by power control, while the relative benefits of perfect compensation of multipath fading decreases as the number of resolvable paths at the receiver increases.