Abstract:
Multiple base stations deployed in indoor environments are exposed to co-channel interference. Therefore, strategic planning in the deployment of base stations is important in order to maximize the capacity and quality of the wireless service, while minimizing the effects of interference. The research presented in this paper involves modelling the error rate performance of OFDM receivers in the presence of multiple interferers. Analytical models to compute the BER have been developed recently and are used, together with real measurements of received signals in various indoor environments, to model the error rate performance of the OFDM system. The effects of different base station deployment strategies on the error rate performance are investigated and performance comparisons among different indoor environments are presented. Based on a particular system’s requirements, the results and analysis presented in this paper will be helpful to system planners in making decisions regarding the base station deployment strategy. This work forms a foundation for ongoing deployment investigation which allow for multi-rate terminals and data traffic queueing.