Performance of Lucent cdma2000 3G1X packet data experimental system

The cdma2000 3G1X system is one of the first members of the IMT-2000 family of third generation wireless systems to reach field trial status. The cdma2000 3G1X system will provide service providers with increased voice capacity for their networks as well as high-speed packet data services. An experimental system based on the cdma2000 3G1X standard has been successfully developed by Lucent Technologies. In this paper, we will report the packet data performance results obtained from both lab and field tests of the experimental system. The measurements of packet data performance concentrate on high-speed packet data throughput. Peak user data rates of 144 kbps are demonstrated and the measured throughput performance is compared with simulation results. Good agreement was found between predicted/simulated performance and the empirically observed behavior of the trial system.