Capacity evaluation of the EDGE concept for enhanced data rates in GSM and TDMA/136
Anders Furuskär, M.P. Hook, S. Javerbring, Hans Olofsson, Johan Sköld · 2003
This paper evaluates the capacity of the EDGE concept. To vouch for a high simulation accuracy, a novel interface between link and system simulations is used, where multipath fading is included on a system level. This allows detailed performance analyses with and without frequency hopping, as well as for different channel types. The presented results show that spectral efficiencies exceeding 0.45 bps/Hz/site and user data rates exceeding 384 kbps are achievable with EDGE. Compared to standard General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), these figures are more than doubled.