Evaluation of traffic characteristics of UMTS with bandwidth reservation and handoff mechanism

The paper proposes an analytical method of blocking probability calculation in UMTS networks with bandwidth reservation and connection handover mechanism. The papers proposes also reservation algorithms for a group of cells, exploiting the effects of connection handoff between cells. The proposed analytical model is based on the generalized model of a limited-availability group. The results of analytical calculations of blocking probability in a group of UMTS cells with bandwidth reservation are compared with simulation data.