Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'LTE-Advanced, LTE-A'

This thesis deals with the investigation and assessment of communication standards LTE-Advance and WiFi (IEEE 802.11n/ac). The EVM error parameter is examined for each standard. To work with different standards a universal workplace have been proposed (testbed). This universal workplace serves for adjusting transmitting and receiving means and for processing signals transmitted and interpreted. Matlab was chosen for this work, through which only control devices such as generators and analyzers from Rohde & Schwarz. This workplace also measures the coexistence of these standards. At the conclusion of this thesis, different coexistence scenarios were designed and evaluated through testbed results.

The evolved version of LTE is LTE-Advanced which is being developed by 3GPP. LTE-Advanced will meet or go beyond the requirements of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the fourth generation (4G) radio communication standard known as IMT-Advanced. LTEAdvanced is primarily considered as a part of Release 10 of 3GPP specifications. The LTE-Advanced specifications will continue to be developed in subsequent 3GPP releases. The complete physical layer structure has been employed by using the latest 3GPP standards. Furthermore, technologies such as Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) have also been implemented and integrated with LTEAdvanced. The Multiple Access Scheme in Advanced Mobile radio system has to meet the specific requirements such as: high throughput, robustness, efficient Bit Error Rate (BER), high spectral efficiency, minimum delays, low computational complexity, low Peak to Average Power Ratio (PAPR), low error probability etc. In order to investigate the LTE-Advanced transceiver a thorough study has been carried out using MATLAB Simulink using AWGN and Rayleigh fading channel. This report investigates the performance of OFDMA and various MIMO configurations of LTEAdvanced physical layer, along with diverse modulation techniques such 16QAM and QPSK,the results are then demonstrated on BER and signal to noise ratio graphs. AWGN and Rayleigh fading models are also used to determine the performance of LTE-Advanced in presence of noise and fading.

Cette thèse traite des systèmes MIMO à multiplexage spatial, associés à la modulation OFDM. L'étude s'attarde particulièrement sur les systèmes 4x4, inclus ou à l'étude dans les normes 3GPP LTE et 3GPP LTE-A. Ces dimensions particulières nécessitent une étude de conception poussée du récepteur. Il s'agit notamment de proposer des détecteurs qui affichent à la fois de bonnes performances, une faible latence et une complexité de calcul réalisable dans un système embarqué. Le défi consiste plus particulièrement à proposer un détecteur offrant des performances quasi-optimales, tout en ne nécessitant qu'une complexité de calcul polynomiale. Une attention particulière est prêtée aux problèmes d'implantation. Ainsi, avantage est donné aux algorithmes à complexité fixe et permettant la réalisation d'opérations en parallèle. En réponse aux problématiques rencontrées, l'architecture du détecteur requiert une attention particulière. Le choix stratégique adopté est de chercher à transférer au prétraitement - qui ne dépend pas des données - le plus possible de complexité de calcul. Au cours de ce travail et suite à l'introduction du contexte général et des principaux pré-requis, l'inventaire des grandes tendances dans la littérature en ce qui concerne les détecteurs à décision dure est fait. Ils constituent le coeur du sujet et un détecteur original est proposé, incluant notamment les aspects de réduction de réseau et de décodage sphérique. Son avantage par rapport aux techniques existantes est ainsi démontré, et les résultats prometteurs sont maintenus lors de son extension à la décision souple. Comme attendu, le choix de transférer au prétraitement la complexité de calcul s'avère gagnant. Notamment, la réduction de complexité de calcul qu'il permet est présentée dans cette thèse. Parmi les principaux résultats, ce travail a débouché sur la proposition d'un détecteur original, qui a démontré un compromis entre performance et complexité de calcul efficace. Notamment, il requiert une complexité de calcul presque constante - selon les tailles de constellation -, tout en offrant des performances proches du maximum de vraisemblance. Par conséquent, le détecteur à décision souple proposé se positionne par rapport à l'état de l'art comme une solution d'une grande efficacité dans les systèmes 4x4.

The ever increasing demand for wireless mobile communication has led the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-Advanced) standard to exploit the latest advances in physical layer technologies; including Single Carrier- Frequency Division Multiple Access (SC-FDMA), Orthogonal Frequency Multiple Access (OFDMA) and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO). This research is focused on the need to radically enhance the capacity and spectral efficiency of cellular networks via a combination of heterogeneous networks (HetNets) and MIMO antenna array optimisation. The peak-to-average-power ratio (PAPR) of SC-FDMA with time-domain pulse shaping and frequency-domain spectral shaping is investigated. This PAPR reduction can be used to enhance the power efficiency of the handset, or alternatively to improve the uplink throughput and/or operating range. Results have shown that a PAPR reduction of 1.5 dB can be achieved compared to the unfiltered version via Frequency Domain Spectral Shaping (FDSS). The impact of 3D multi path in an LTE-Advanced HetNet is further explored as the current 3GPPIITU channel model assumes 2D multipath statistics. Spatial and temporal multipath statistics are generated for example macro- and pico-cellular base stations and these are combined with appropriately oriented complex polarmetric antenna patterns. The resulting wideband channels are then passed to an LTE-Advanced physical layer (PHY) simulator. A powerful MATLAB simulator has been developed to mathematically model the LTE-Advanced uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) performance. The simulator is able to predict the received power, data throughput, bit error rate and packet error rate for each user in the network. The optimal spatial multiplexing mode is determined by computing the throughput for all modulation and coding schemes. This is achieved by calculating the received bit mutual information rate given knowledge of the radio channel. The fastest link speed for each user is identified with a packet error rate threshold of 10% or better. The handset is also rotated in the azimuth and elevation planes to evaluate performance sensitivity. The impact of base station array orientation is considered in both the azimuth and elevation planes. Results show that antenna orientation at the base station strongly influences user performance in an LTE-Advanced network. The deployment of macro-cellular vertical arrays is shown to significantly degrade network performance. In contrast, the elevation angle spread is found to be far greater, in pico-cells and this allows vertical arrays to be applied to produce compact high performance pico base stations. Results show that the pico-cells offer significantly higher data rates compared to the macro-cells. The results also show that for higher order modulation, macro-cells offer the lowest usage percentage (43%) compared to pico-cells (53-56%).

Submitted by Automação e Estatística (sst@bczm.ufrn.br) on 2018-04-11T20:06:38Z No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoJacomeCavalcanti_TESE.pdf: 5397909 bytes, checksum: 5a245eec570a69adf8ca5d791aaddf70 (MD5)
Approved for entry into archive by Arlan Eloi Leite Silva (eloihistoriador@yahoo.com.br) on 2018-04-16T20:46:19Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoJacomeCavalcanti_TESE.pdf: 5397909 bytes, checksum: 5a245eec570a69adf8ca5d791aaddf70 (MD5)
Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-16T20:46:19Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 BrunoJacomeCavalcanti_TESE.pdf: 5397909 bytes, checksum: 5a245eec570a69adf8ca5d791aaddf70 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-10-20
A perfeita funcionalidade dos sistemas de comunicações de 3ª. e 4ª. gerações requerem, entre outras coisas, do conhecimento dos valores numéricos da predição das perdas de propagação dos sinais propagantes nos ambientes urbano, suburbano e rural. Portanto, o estudo das condições de propagação em um ambiente qualquer sempre será uma preocupação dos engenheiros projetistas. A análise e desenvolvimento de modelos robustos de predição de perdas de propagação em redes de comunicações Long Term Evolution (LTE) e Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) usando técnicas de Inteligência Artificial são realizadas neste trabalho. Os procedimentos metodológicos empregados foram aplicados no melhoramento da predição dos modelos de perda de propagação empíricos SUI, ECC-33, Ericsson 9999, TR 36.942 e o modelo do Espaço Livre, aplicados em redes LTE e LTE-A nas frequências de 800 MHz, 1800 MHz e 2600 MHz, para ambientes suburbanos em cidades de porte médio do nordeste do Brasil. Assim, nesta tese propõem-se dois modelos de Redes Neurais Artificiais (RNA): (i) o modelo de rede neural com entradas baseadas em erro (RNBE), utilizando como principal alimentador da rede o erro entre dados medidos e simulados, e, (ii) o modelo de rede neural com entradas baseadas no terreno (RNBT). O desempenho desses modelos foram comparados com os modelos de propagação considerados no trabalho e também as versões otimizadas utilizando Algoritmos Genéticos (AG) e o Método dos Mínimos Quadrados (LMS). Também foram realizadas comparações com valores medidos, obtidos a partir de uma campanha de medição realizada na cidade de Natal, Estado do Rio Grande do Norte. Os resultados finais obtidos através de simulações e medições apresentaram boas concordâncias métricas, com destaque para a performance do modelo RNBE. A principal contribuição dessa tese é que, ao utilizar essas técnicas que fazem uso de maneira mais eficiente dos modelos de propagação empíricos, pode-se estimar sinais propagantes realistas, evitando erros no planejamento e implementações de redes sem fio LTE e LTE-A em áreas suburbanas.
The perfect functionality of the 3rd and 4th generation of wireless systems requires, among other parameters, knowledge of the numerical values of the prediction of loss of propagation of propagation signals in urban, suburban and rural environments. Therefore, the study of propagation conditions in any environment will always be a concern of design engineers. The analysis and development of robust propagation loss prediction models in Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) communications networks using Artificial Intelligence techniques is performed in this work. The methodologies used were applied to improve the prediction of loss of empirical propagation SUI, ECC-33, Ericsson 9999, TR 36.942 models and the Free Space model applied in LTE and LTE-A networks in the frequencies of 800 MHz, 1800 MHz and 2600 MHz, for suburban environments in mid-sized cities in northeastern Brazil. Thus, in these thesis two models of Artificial Neural Networks (RNA) are proposed: (i) the neural network model with inputs based on error (RNBE) using as main feeder of the network the error between measured and simulated data, and (ii) the neural network model with land-based inputs (RNBT). The performance of these models was compared with the models of propagation considered in the work and also the versions optimized using Genetic Algorithms (AG) and the Least Square Method (LMS). Comparisons were also made with measured values, obtained from a measurement campaign carried out in the city of Natal, state of Rio Grande do Norte. The final results obtained through simulations and measurements presented good metric concordances, with emphasis on the performance of the RNBE model. Thus, the main contribution of this thesis is that, by using these techniques that make more efficient use of empirical propagation models, we can estimate realistic propagation signals, avoiding errors in the planning and implementations of LTE and LTE- A wireless networks in suburban areas.

The demand for higher data rates for indoor and cell-edge users led to evolution of small cells. LTE femtocells, one of the small cell categories, are low-power low-cost mobile base stations, which are deployed within the coverage area of the traditional macro base station. The cross-tier and co-tier interferences occur only when the macrocell and femtocell share the same frequency channels. Open access (OSG), closed access (CSG), and hybrid access are the three existing access-control methods that decide users' connectivity to the femtocell access point (FAP). We define a network performance function, network productivity, to measure the traffic that is carried successfully. In this dissertation, we evaluate call mobility in LTE integrated network and determine optimized network productivity with variable call arrival rate in given LTE deployment with femtocell access modes (OSG, CSG, HYBRID) for a given call blocking vector. The solution to the optimization is maximum network productivity and call arrival rates for all cells. In the second scenario, we evaluate call mobility in LTE integrated network with increasing femtocells and maximize network productivity with variable femtocells distribution per macrocell with constant call arrival rate in uniform LTE deployment with femtocell access modes (OSG, CSG, HYBRID) for a given call blocking vector. The solution to the optimization is maximum network productivity and call arrival rates for all cells for network deployment where peak productivity is identified. We analyze the effects of call mobility on network productivity by simulating low, high, and no mobility scenarios and study the impact based on offered load, handover traffic and blocking probabilities. Finally, we evaluate and optimize performance of fractional frequency reuse (FFR) mechanism and study the impact of proposed metric weighted user satisfaction with sectorized FFR configuration.

Dans ce travail de thèse, on a proposé une structure de génération des signaux multi-porteuse afin de créer plusieurs oscillateurs locaux (OL ) tout en utilisant qu’un modulateur I/Q. Ces signaux peuvent être utilisés dans les récepteurs de LTE-A pour la transposition des signaux agrégé en fréquence vers la bande de base. On développe la structure afin de l’utiliser en émetteur répondant aux normes du standard LTE-A. La nouvelle structure nous permet de générer n signaux agrégés en fréquences, de manière simultanée, par une seule chaîne de transmission (c.a.d un modulateur I/Q, un OL). En utilisant cette structure on réduit le nombre de circuits utilisés, en comparaison du cas où n signaux agrégés en fréquences sont générés par n émetteurs. La fréquence d’échantillonnage est réduite dans notre cas par rapport au cas où les signaux sont générés directement de la bande de base à la bande RF avec des convertisseurs analogiques numériques adéquats. Dans la troisième partie, on se concentre sur les imperfections et les non linéarités du modulateur I/Q dans le cadre de notre structure multibande. On modélise le fonctionnement du modulateur multi-bande en utilisant les échantillons en entrée et en sortie. Notre modèle est dérivé de la série de Volterra qui prends en compte les effets non linéaires et les effets mémoires ainsi que les imperfections du modulateur I/Q. Puis, on obtient la fonction "inverse" du modèle et on l’applique à l’entrée du modulateur afin de corriger et linéariser la sortie du modulateur I/Q. La fonction "inverse" est appelée DPD (en anglais : Digital Pre-Distortion). Enfin, on a évalué le modèle et la DPD en simulations et en mesures
In this dissertation, a signal generation structure is proposed using which a multitone Local Oscillator (LO) signal is created by a single I/Q modulator. These LOs can be used in the CA receivers to down-convert the transmitted component carriers simultaneously. The multi-tone LO signal structure is further developed to be used at the transmitter as a CA generation solution. Using the proposed structure n-component carriers can be generated in parallel. This structures requires lower sampling rates with respect to the case where RF signals are synthesized directly by digital-to- analog converters. Moreover, less circuitry is required, because one single I/Q modulator is used to generate n component carriers, instead of n I/Q modulators. This work follows on investigating the origin of impairments and mild nonlinearities in our I/Q modulator. To overcome these problems, we focus on the functionality of the overall system rather than each component of the I/Q modulator. This method is called behavioral modeling. Once the nonlinear model is obtained, if its inverse function is applied to the input, a linearized output is expected. The generation of the inverse function is called Digital Pre-Distortion (DPD). We propose a tri-band behavioral model for nonlinearities and impairments in tri-band CA using our I/Q modulator. Furthermore, the DPD of the model is evaluated in simulations and experiments

A l’heure actuelle, la communication des machines est devenue une technologie incontournable, en pleine expansion vue le nombre de services qu'elle est capable de proposer. La technologie M2M (Machineto-Machine) se définit comme le mariage des technologies de l’information et de la communication avec des objets intelligents. Les réseaux cellulaires, tel que les technologies Long Term Evolution (LTE) et LTEAdvanced (LTE-A), sont de plus en plus utilisés afin d'assurer la communication des modules M2M. Cependant, adapter les réseaux LTE et LTE-A afin de satisfaire aux caractéristiques et exigences des modules M2M, en termes de qualité de service (QoS) et consommation énergétique, est crucial. L'objectif de cette thèse est de proposer des solutions de réduction de la consommation énergétique pour les modules M2M utilisant les technologies LTE et LTE-A. Pour ce faire deux approches ont été proposées. La première approche consiste à stocker les paquets de données dans une mémoire tampon jusqu'à atteindre un seuil donné du nombre de paquets stockés et du délai maximal autorisé. Ceci permet d'augmenter le temps passé en mode basse consommation et de réduire le passage du mode veille au mode connecté, tout en tenant en compte des contraintes de délai. La deuxième approche consiste à proposer deux techniques d'allocation de ressources radio en voie montante qui permettent de réduire la consommation énergétique dans les modules M2M tout en satisfaisant la QoS requise en termes de délai de transmission
Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication, which refers to the interaction between intelligent devices without human intervention, is gaining more prominence in mobile cellular networks. Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) networks are considered excellent candidates to support M2M communication. However, M2M communication over LTE/LTE-A networks faces some challenges. The main challenge is how to reduce energy consumption for M2M devices, as the majority of them are battery driven. The aim of this thesis is to propose solutions to reduce energy consumption in M2M devices over LTE/LTE-A technologies. We proposed two approaches; the first one consists of increasing time spent in low power mode by buffering data until reaching given thresholds of number of buffered data and maximum delay authorized. This approach allows to reduce signaling from idle state to connected state. Besides, it considers quality of service (QoS) requirements. The second approach consists of proposing two uplink schedulers which take into account the coexistence of M2M and Human-to-Human (H2H) devices. Both of them consider channel quality while allocating resource blocks, which have a consequence reducing energy consumption in M2M devices. Our second algorithm consider, also, delay constraint

Submitted by Lucelia Lucena (lucelia.lucena@ufpe.br) on 2015-03-09T19:50:50Z No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO Marcos Graciano Santos.pdf: 3653832 bytes, checksum: 63b7958428e143779e52059edac458d4 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5)
Made available in DSpace on 2015-03-09T19:50:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 DISSERTAÇÃO Marcos Graciano Santos.pdf: 3653832 bytes, checksum: 63b7958428e143779e52059edac458d4 (MD5) license_rdf: 1232 bytes, checksum: 66e71c371cc565284e70f40736c94386 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-11
Atualmente, mais de 200 milhões de usuários utilizam as redes 3G/LTE (Long Term Evolution). Com este aumento crescente de usuários com acesso sem fio, muitas pesquisas se concentram no esforço de desenvolvimento de soluções que permitam atender às demandas de redes com alta disponibilidade e altas taxas de transmissão sem considerar, em geral, as limitações de bateria dos dispositivos. Como requisito do LTE Advanced (especificações para a Quarta Geração de comunicações móveis) incluem-se os Serviços de Proximidade, comunicação denominada de dispositivo a dispositivo (D2D, do inglês: device-to-device) para atender ao desenvolvimento de novas demandas de serviços, como jogos e vídeos on-line ou transferência de conteúdos, aplicações que, a cada dia, requerem maiores consumos de energia. Neste trabalho, realizamos medições que avaliam o consumo da comunicação dispositivo-estação base e propomos primeiramente um algoritmo de identificação de pares de dispositivos e definição de limiares de referência, diferentemente de outros trabalhos, com base nas características de consumo dos dispositivos, que viabilize comunicação direta D2D energeticamente mais eficiente que a comunicação convencional via estação rádio base. Em seguida, para cenários de grande aglomeração de pessoas, uma alternativa de serviço de disponibilização de conteúdos ou transferência de arquivos através de um novo padrão de alocação de recursos, utilizando o modo duplex por divisão no tempo (TDD – Time Duplex Division). Foram considerados cinco modelos de propagação distintos para comparação do desempenho, tomando como base uma situação real num parque do Recife considerando a transmissão de um vídeo em alta definição. Por fim, tratamos a questão da segurança com uma criptografia específica entre os dispositivos próximos. Os resultados são avaliados via simulação utilizando-se o Matlab, demonstrando a eficácia da solução com reduções de até 43% no consumo de energia da bateria do dispositivo.

This work concentrates on the application of diversity techniques and space time block coding for future high speed mobile wireless communications on multicarrier systems. At first, alternative multicarrier kernels robust for high speed doubly-selective fading channel are sought. They include the comparisons of discrete Fourier transform (DFT), fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) and wavelet transform (WT) multicarrier kernels. Different wavelet types, including the raised-cosine spectrum wavelets are implemented, evaluated and compared. From different wavelet families, orthogonal wavelets are isolated from detailed evaluations and comparisons as suitable for multicarrier applications. The three transforms are compared over a doubly-selective channel with the WT significantly outperforming all for high speed conditions up to 300 km/hr. Then, a new wavelet is constructed from an ideal filter approximation using established wavelet design algorithms to match any signal of interest; in this case under bandlimited criteria. The new wavelet showed better performance than other traditional orthogonal wavelets. To achieve MIMO communication, orthogonal space-time block coding, OSTBC, is evaluated next. First, the OSTBC is extended to assess the performance of the scheme over extended receiver diversity order. Again, with the extended diversity conditions, the OSTBC is implemented for a multicarrier system over a doubly-selective fading channel. The MIMO-OFDM systems (implemented using DFT and WT kernels) are evaluated for different operating frequencies, typical of LTE standard, with Doppler effects. It was found that, during high mobile speed, it is better to transmit OFDM signals using lower operating frequencies. The information theory for the 2-transmit antenna OSTBC does not support higher order implementation of multi-antenna systems, which is required for the future generation wireless communications systems. Instead of the OSTBC, the QO-STBC is usually deployed to support the design of higher order multi-antenna systems other than the 2-transmit antenna scheme. The performances of traditional QO-STBC methods are diminished by some off-diagonal (interference) terms such that the resulting system does not attain full diversity. Some methods for eliminating the interference terms have earlier been discussed. This work follows the construction of cyclic matrices with Hadamard matrix to derive QO-STBC codes construction which are N-times better than interference free QO-STBC, where N is the number of transmit antenna branches.

This work concentrates on the application of diversity techniques and space time block coding for future high speed mobile wireless communications on multicarrier systems. At first, alternative multicarrier kernels robust for high speed doubly-selective fading channel are sought. They include the comparisons of discrete Fourier transform (DFT), fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) and wavelet transform (WT) multicarrier kernels. Different wavelet types, including the raised-cosine spectrum wavelets are implemented, evaluated and compared. From different wavelet families, orthogonal wavelets are isolated from detailed evaluations and comparisons as suitable for multicarrier applications. The three transforms are compared over a doubly-selective channel with the WT significantly outperforming all for high speed conditions up to 300 km/hr. Then, a new wavelet is constructed from an ideal filter approximation using established wavelet design algorithms to match any signal of interest; in this case under bandlimited criteria. The new wavelet showed better performance than other traditional orthogonal wavelets. To achieve MIMO communication, orthogonal space-time block coding, OSTBC, is evaluated next. First, the OSTBC is extended to assess the performance of the scheme over extended receiver diversity order. Again, with the extended diversity conditions, the OSTBC is implemented for a multicarrier system over a doubly-selective fading channel. The MIMO-OFDM systems (implemented using DFT and WT kernels) are evaluated for different operating frequencies, typical of LTE standard, with Doppler effects. It was found that, during high mobile speed, it is better to transmit OFDM signals using lower operating frequencies. The information theory for the 2-transmit antenna OSTBC does not support higher order implementation of multi-antenna systems, which is required for the future generation wireless communications systems. Instead of the OSTBC, the QO-STBC is usually deployed to support the design of higher order multi-antenna systems other than the 2-transmit antenna scheme. The performances of traditional QO-STBC methods are diminished by some off-diagonal (interference) terms such that the resulting system does not attain full diversity. Some methods for eliminating the interference terms have earlier been discussed. This work follows the construction of cyclic matrices with Hadamard matrix to derive QO-STBC codes construction which are N-times better than interference free QO-STBC, where N is the number of transmit antenna branches.

碩士
淡江大學
資訊工程學系碩士班
103
3GPP Long Term Evolution- Advanced (LTE-A) defines a wireless network standard for high packet transmission rate and low packet latency provisions. When an user equipment(UE) moves away from signal range of serving cell may cause the received signal strength weakened, even if disconnected. To solve this problem, it is necessary to execute handover procedure. When executed handover procedure, it is may fail because to early handover, to late handover or handover to wrong cell and then occur packet loss or communication interruption problems. In this thesis, we propose a CoMP handover algorithm in LTE-Advanced . User equipments provide history information for eNBs to estimate the user equipment’s location and velocity. Based on history information, our proposed mechanism can achieve to handover the appropriate target cell. Through selecting the target cell efficiently, we can reduce the rate of handover failure and Ping-Pong handover. Finally, improving the UE’s QoS. And conducted a simulation integration, combined with the user equipment velocity prediction mechanism and trigger time adjustment mechanism. Experimental results show that compared with the standard user equipment handover process can significantly reduce the rate of handover failure and Ping-Pong handover.

碩士
淡江大學
資訊工程學系碩士班
102
In Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, the problems of inadequate coverage and shadowing effect are still unsolved. Therefore, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) organization has proposed the complete relay technology and standardization in LTE Release-10. Relay technology can improve the above problems to achieve coverage extension and throughput enhancement. However, applying the relay technology will increase the inter-cell interference (ICI) problem which affects the throughput of cell user equipment (UE). How to effectively coordinate the interference will be an important issue. It can enhance the system throughput in LTE-Advanced relay networks. For the existing interference coordination schemes, the number of frequency channels which used by relay node (RN) can affect not only the RN processing capacity and the system spectral efficiency, but also the RN-to-relay UE interference. Therefore, we propose an improved interference coordination scheme that focuses on solving the problem of shadowing effect caused by a hill or large building. This proposed scheme configures RN frequency and subframes by sequential scheduling approach. This proposed scheme is not only reduce the RN-to-relay UE interference but also guarantee the RN processing capacity and the system spectral efficiency. The simulation results show that the proposed scheme is superior to other traditional schemes in terms of throughput.

碩士
國立臺灣大學
電信工程學研究所
101
As global mobile networks evolve toward faster and ubiquitous wireless network systems, the mobile network operators also encounter the problem that the operation of base stations would introduce high cost then before due to the expenditure of the electricity. Thus, making the network system more energy saving has become an important research target for those operators, in parallel to the LTE-A research. In order to meet the users’ need, the operators must deploy more base stations or increase the transmission power of the stations. However, this may not be effective for most indoor users. We belieave that the deployment of the relay stations would be an effective and reasonable solution to raise the indoor users’ data rate while not deteriorate the outdoor users’ service. We proposed a novel algorithm, called Relay Resource Sharing Scheme(RRSS), with the feature that many relay stations could transmit signals in the same frequency band to indoor users individually with low interference. This scheme has shown that it could increase the spectrum efficiency, enhance the user satisfaction rate, and increase the coverage radius of the base stations within a reasonable transmission power. The simulation results prove that the RRSS can effectively enhance the user satisfaction rate. Under a fixed targeted user satisfaction rate and user density of an area, the RRSS mechanism could keep the base station’s transmission power within a reasonable range and still could increase its coverage radius. For the low user density areas, the operators could decrease the number of deployments of base stations, and then decrease the energy consumption. In the end, the expenditure on electricity bills can be reduced. In other words, the results of this thesis should have proven the evidence that the energy-saving capability of the proposed architecture is feasible for future mobile networks.

碩士
國立中央大學
通訊工程研究所
99
With respect to current wireless communication systems, there are many researches involving the discussion of radio resource allocation. As the wireless network grows rapidly, there is also a large increase in wireless requirement. Because of the lake of the radio resource, LTE-Advanced proposed carrier aggregation Technology to support widely band and high peak data rate. To achieve high system throughput and still satisfying the basic requirements for users’ Quality of Service (Qos) datarate, the dissertation proposed a QoS-based Resource Scheduling for LTE-Advanced System with Carrier Aggregation. The simulation result used to prove the improving of the system.

碩士
靜宜大學
資訊工程學系
104
Long Term Evolution (LTE), which is a standard developed by 3GPP, is now moving towards the fourth generation communication technology (4G) version of a transition. In LTE, the data transmission uses Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA) technology, in which the frequency bandwidth is subdivided without interfering with each other, so that the base station can simultaneously allow several users to transmit. Specially, the bandwidth resources will be divided into plurality of time and frequency interwoven, which are called resource blocks (RBs). Given a fixed bandwidth, we introduce here a network coding (NC) method to improve network throughput by saving the RBs allocated to the users. For packet transmission, LTE uses a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) technology to reduce the transmission error rate. The idea is to use the network coding method to transfer packets so that it can significantly reduce the error rate caused by retransmission failures. In particular, LTE frame structure of information can accommodate seven different configurations, where the ratio of the sub-frame is different in every configuration uplink and downlink. Thus, according to the specification of LTE frame structure, we propose in this thesis a new scheme to arrange the configurations of sub-frame to pair with different types of HARQ scheduling, and allocate resource blocks to users.

One of the enabling technologies for Long Term Evolution (LTE) deployments is the femtocell technology. By having femtocells deployed indoors and closer to the user, high data rate services can be provided efficiently. These femtocells are expected to be depolyed in large numbers which raises many technical challenges including the handover management. In fact, managing handovers in femtocell environments, with the conventional manual adjustment techniques, is almost impossible to keep pace with in such a rapidly growing femtocell environment. Therefore, doing this automatically by implementing Self Organizing Network (SON) use cases becomes a necessity rather than an option. However, having multiple SON use cases operating simultaneously with a shared objective could cause them to interact either negatively or positively. In both cases, designing a suitable coordination policy is critical in solving negative conflicts and building upon positive benefits. In this work, we focus on studying the interactions between three self optimization use cases aiming at improving the overall handover procedure in LTE femtocell networks. These self optimization use cases are handover, Call Admission Control (CAC) and load balancing. We develop a comprehensive, unified LTE compliant evaluation environment. This environment is extendable to other radio access technologies including LTE-Advanced (LTE-A), and can also be used to study other SON use cases. Various recommendations made by main bodies in the area of femtocells are considered including the Small Cell Forum, the Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) alliance and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Additionally, traffic sources are simulated in compliance with these recommendations and evaluation methodologies. We study the interaction between three representative handover related self optimization schemes. We start by testing these schemes separately, in order to make sure that they meet their individual goals, and then their mutual interactions when operating simultaneously. Based on these experiments, we recommend several guidelines that can help mobile network operators and researchers in designing better coordination policies.
Thesis (Master, Electrical & Computer Engineering) -- Queen's University, 2012-12-05 22:35:27.538

Τη σημερινή εποχή γινόμαστε καθημερινά μάρτυρες μίας ταχέως αναπτυσσόμενης αγοράς, που δεν είναι άλλη από αυτή των κινητών πολυμεσικών εφαρμογών, όπως του Mobile TV και του Mobile Streaming. Υπηρεσίες όπως αυτές έχουν ή αναμένεται να έχουν υψηλή διείσδυση στη βιομηχανία της κινητής πολυμεσικής επικοινωνίας. Για να ικανοποιηθούν οι απαιτήσεις αυτών των υπηρεσιών για υψηλές ταχύτητες μετάδοσης, ο οργανισμός 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) ανέπτυξε το Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A), μία τεχνολογία η οποία αποτελεί την εξέλιξη των κινητών τηλεπικοινωνιακών τεχνολογιών 3ης γενιάς. Το LTE-A χρησιμοποιεί την τεχνολογία Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). Η συγκεκριμένη τεχνολογία μπορεί να προσφέρει νέες υψηλής χωρητικότητας ευρυζωνικές εφαρμογές και υπηρεσίες, ενώ παρέχει αποτελεσματική, από πλευράς κόστους, καθολική κάλυψη. Επιπλέον, ο οργανισμός 3GPP εισήγαγε την τεχνολογία Multimedia Broadcast / Multicast Service (MBMS), ως μέσο πανεκπομπής και πολυεκπομπής πληροφοριών στους χρήστες κινητών, με το Mobile TV να είναι η κύρια υπηρεσία που παρέχεται. Η υποδομή του LTE-A προσφέρει στο MBMS την επιλογή να χρησιμοποιήσει ένα uplink κανάλι για την αλληλεπίδραση μεταξύ της υπηρεσίας και του χρήστη, η οποία στα συνήθη δίκτυα πανεκπομπής δεν είναι απλό θέμα. Στο πλαίσιο των LTE-A συστημάτων, το MBMS έχει εξελιχθεί σε e-MBMS (το "e-" αντιστοιχεί στη λέξη evolved, δηλαδή εξελιγμένο). Αυτό θα επιτευχθεί μέσα από την αυξημένη απόδοση της ασύρματης διεπαφής που περιλαμβάνει μία νέα τεχνολογία μετάδοσης που ονομάζεται MBMS over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN). Κατά τη λειτουργία του MBSFN, τα MBMS δεδομένα μεταδίδονται ταυτόχρονα μέσω του αέρα από πολλαπλά κελιά τα οποία είναι αυστηρά χρονο-συγχρονισμένα. Το σύνολο των κελιών που λαμβάνουν αυτά τα δεδομένα, καλείται MBSFN περιοχή. Δεδομένου ότι οι MBSFN μεταδόσεις ενισχύουν σημαντικά το λόγο σήματος προς παρεμβολή και θόρυβο, μπορούν να οδηγήσουν σε σημαντικές βελτιώσεις στη φασματική απόδοση σε σύγκριση με την πολυεκπομπή μέσω των συστημάτων 3ης γενιάς. Αυτό είναι εξαιρετικά επωφελές στα όρια των κελιών, όπου οι μεταδόσεις (που στα συστήματα 3ης γενιάς, όπως το Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - UMTS, θεωρούνται ως παρεμβολή) μεταφράζονται σε χρήσιμη ενέργεια σήματος και ως εκ τούτου η ισχύς του λαμβανόμενου σήματος είναι αυξημένη, ενώ την ίδια στιγμή η ισχύς παρεμβολής μειώνεται σε μεγάλο βαθμό. Για να αξιοποιηθούν πλήρως τα πλεονεκτήματα της τεχνολογίας MBSFN και να βελτιωθεί η φασματική απόδοση, θα πρέπει να επιλεχθεί με προσοχή το σχήμα διαμόρφωσης και κωδικοποίησης για τη μετάδοση των δεδομένων. Η σχέση μεταξύ της απόδοσης του MBSFN και της επιλογής του σχήματος διαμόρφωσης και κωδικοποίησης έχει μελετηθεί διεξοδικά σε προηγούμενες ερευνητικές εργασίες. Ωστόσο οι περισσότερες (αν όχι όλες) από τις εργασίες αυτές επικεντρώνονται μόνο στην πλευρά των χρηστών και ως εκ τούτου δεν μπορούν να θεωρηθούν πλήρεις. Μερικές φορές ο στόχος του παρόχου μπορεί να είναι η μεγιστοποίηση της φασματικής απόδοσης σε όλους τους χρήστες της τοπολογίας ή η παροχή της υπηρεσίας σε όλους τους χρήστες ανεξάρτητα από τις συνθήκες που βιώνουν. Επίσης, οι περισσότερες από αυτές τις εργασίες καθορίζουν το σχήμα διαμόρφωσης και κωδικοποίησης κατά τις MBSFN μεταδόσεις εξετάζοντας μόνο την περίπτωση της μετάδοσης από ένα πομπό σε ένα δέκτη και δεν εξετάζουν τα οφέλη που μπορούν να προσφέρουν οι τεχνικές Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) στη συνολική απόδοση του συστήματος. Ο στόχος της παρούσας εργασίας είναι να επεκτείνει τις προηγούμενες ερευνητικές εργασίες και, επιπλέον, να προτείνει μια λύση στο πρόβλημα της επιλογής του σχήματος διαμόρφωσης και κωδικοποίησης. Προς την κατεύθυνση αυτή, αναλύουμε πρώτα μία διαδικασία τριών βημάτων η οποία επιλέγει το σχήμα διαμόρφωσης και κωδικοποίησης και υπολογίζει τη φασματική απόδοση στην περίπτωση ενός μόνο χρήστη. Στη συνέχεια, ακολουθεί η γενίκευση της υπόθεσης ενός χρήστη και προτείνονται τρεις προσεγγίσεις που επιλέγουν το σχήμα κωδικοποίησης για την μετάδοση των MBSFN δεδομένων σε σενάρια πολλαπλών χρηστών. Οι προσεγγίσεις αξιολογούνται για τρεις διαφορετικούς τρόπους μετάδοσης, έτσι ώστε να εξεταστεί η επίδραση των τεχνικών MIMO στην επιλογή σχήματος διαμόρφωσης για διαφορετικές κατανομές χρηστών. Τα αποτελέσματα της αξιολόγησης δείχνουν ότι, ανάλογα με το στόχο που έχει θέσει ο πάροχος (π.χ. μεγιστοποίηση της φασματικής απόδοσης ή επίτευξη μίας συγκεκριμένης τιμής φασματικής απόδοσης) κάθε προσέγγιση θα μπορούσε να οδηγήσει σε βελτιωμένη απόδοση.
Today we are witnesses of a rapidly increasing market for mobile multimedia applications, such as Mobile TV and Mobile Streaming. Services like these have or are expected to have high penetration in the mobile multimedia communications industry. In order to confront such high requirements for services that demand higher data rates, the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) developed the Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) technology which constitutes the evolution of the 3rd Generation (3G) mobile telecommunications technologies. LTE-A utilizes Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). This radio technology is optimized to enhance networks by enabling new high capacity mobile broadband applications and services, while providing cost efficient ubiquitous mobile coverage. In addition, 3GPP has introduced the Multimedia Broadcast/Multicast Service (MBMS) as a means to broadcast and multicast information to mobile users, with Mobile TV being the main service offered. LTE-A infrastructure offers to MBMS an option to use an uplink channel for interaction between the service and the user, which is not a straightforward issue in usual broadcast networks. In the context of LTE-A systems, the MBMS will evolve into e-MBMS (“e-” stands for evolved). This will be achieved through the increased performance of the air interface that will include a new transmission scheme called MBMS over Single Frequency Network (MBSFN). In MBSFN operation, MBMS data are transmitted simultaneously over the air from multiple tightly time-synchronized cells. A group of those cells, which are targeted to receive these data, is called MBSFN area. Since the MBSFN transmission greatly enhances the Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR), the MBSFN transmission mode leads to significant improvements in Spectral Efficiency (SE) in comparison to multicasting over 3G systems. This is extremely beneficial at the cell edge, where transmissions (which in 3G systems, like Universal Mobile Telecommunications System - UMTS, are considered as inter-cell interference) are translated into useful signal energy and hence the received signal strength is increased, while at the same time the interference power is largely reduced. In order to fully exploit the benefits of MBSFN and to improve its performance in terms of SE, the Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) for the transmission of the data should be carefully selected. The relationship between MBSFN performance and MCS selection has been thoroughly studied in previous research works; however most (if not all) of these works focus only on the users’ side and therefore may not be sufficient. Sometimes the operator’s goal may be the maximization of the SE over all users of the topology or the provision of the service to all the users irrespectively of the conditions that they experience. In addition, most of these works determine the MCS scheme for MBSFN considering only the case of single antenna transmissions and they do not examine the benefits that Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) transmissions may offer on the overall performance. The goal of this thesis is to extend the previous research works and, furthermore, to tackle the problems addressed. To this direction, we first analyze a 3-step procedure that selects the MCS and calculates the SE in the case of a single user. Then, we generalize the single-user case and we propose three approaches that select the MCS for the delivery of the MBSFN data in multiple-users scenarios. The approaches are evaluated for three different transmission modes, so as to examine the impact of multiple antennas techniques on the MCS selection, and for different users’ distributions. The evaluation results indicate that depending on the target that the operator may set (i.e. SE maximization or achievement of a specific SE) each approach could lead to improved performance.

Yes
Much attention has been paid to making 5G developments more en-ergy efficient, especially in view of the need for using high data rates with more complex modulation schemes within a limited bandwidth. The concept of the Doherty power amplifier for improving amplifier efficiency is explained in addi-tion to a case study of a 70W asymmetrical Doherty power Amplifier using two GaN HEMTs transistors with peak power ratings of 45W and 25W. The rationale for this choice of power ratio is discussed. The designed circuit works in the 3.4GHz frequency band with 200 MHz bandwidth. Rogers RO4350B substrate with dielectric constant εr=4.66 and thickness 0.035 mm is used. The perfor-mance analysis of the Doherty power amplifier is simulated using AWR MWO software. The simulated results showed that 54-64% drain efficiency has been achieved at 8 dB back-off within the specified bandwidth with an average gain of 10.7 dB.