Performance analysis of uplink throughput with changing active set size in cellular radio systems

Wideband Code Division Multiple Access supports high uplink speeds. Soft handover, that helps continuity services and enhanced quality. Cellular networks performance depends upon Soft handover parameters. In this thesis, the effect of soft handover parameters on the performance of WCDMA cellular networks, is shown. Focused Soft handover parameter is "max Active Set Size" during this study. A very useful statistical measure for characterizing the performance of WCDMA cellular system is the active set size and uplink throughput. It is shown through numerical results that this parameter have decisive effect on uplink data speed performance and soft handover region, hence on the overall performance of the soft handover algorithm.