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This paper discusses the concept of LTE is designed for a frequency reuse of 1,
heterogeneous networks as compared to meaning that every base station uses the whole
homogeneous networks. It demonstrates the system bandwidth for transmission and there is
need for inter-cell interference coordination no frequency planning among cells to cope with
(ICIC) and outlines some ICIC methods that are interference from neighbouring cells. Hence, LTE
feasible with release 8 /9 of the LTE standard. macro-cell deployments experience heavy
System-level simulation results illustrate the interference at the boundaries of the cells.
benefits of the various features discussed in the Placing a new eNB between macro-cells would
following. boost the SINR levels for users located there,
achieving a more uniform user satisfaction and
overcoming link-budget constraints.
Figure 5 and 6 show the CDFs of PDCP Figure 6: Effective SINR CDF, configuration 4a with
throughput and Effective SINR results obtained 2 UE clusters per macro.
in this scenario, respectively.
This happens because of the high interference
The first observation is the improvement of experienced by UEs in the extended pico-cell
throughput achieved by the introduction of a area. This is however more than compensated
pico-cell layer to the macro-layer scenario. A by the fact that the UEs connected to the pico-
eNBs get significantly more resource than when
Features of the dynamic multi-cell, multi-user Research on advanced algorithms include, but
system level simulator include: are not limited to:
• macro-cell and HetNet deployments (pico-, • advanced features as link adaptation, HARQ,
femto-cell, relay nodes) power control, measurements
• flexible base station and user configurations • scheduling and resource allocation
and drop models algorithms considering channel and buffer
• different transmitter and receiver chains incl. status, QoS etc.
MIMO, ZF, MMSE • inter-cell interference coordination,
• channel modeling with slow/fast fading, avoidance and cancellation
pathloss, full user mobility • single user-, multi-user MIMO with open and
• intra- and intercell interference modeling for closed loop feedback
OFDMA, SC-FDMA and WCDMA • cooperative multi-point transmission and
• simultaneous up- and downlink simulation reception
• 2D and 3D antenna pattern & beam forming • functions for self-organising and self-
• Extensive metrics and KPIs: capacity, optimizing networks (e.g. load balancing,
throughput, spectral efficiency, user QoS etc mobility optimization, tilt optimisation, range
extension, power saving etc. )
• High-speed processing close to real-time
using multi-core & graphic card processors • radio resource management for hetero-
geneous networks