ABSTRACT
This chapter examines some of the main channel allocation techniques that can be used in a mobile radio system. It reviews the basic principles of queueing and traffic theory, commonly used in the teletraffic analysis. The chapter also examines some channel assignment techniques, particularly analyzing the hybrid assignment algorithm. It presents some queueing and traffic theory fundamentals. Although the traffic characteristics of a mobile radio system is rather distinct from that of a fixed telephone network, the system planning and design are carried out with the tools of conventional traffic theory. The traffic distribution vary in time and in space, but they are commonly bell-shaped. Channel allocation plays a very important role in the traffic performance of a mobile radio system. In standard telephone networks a stream of traffic can reach its destination through a direct path or through indirect paths.
