Multisite field trial for LTE and advanced concepts

Author

Irmer, Ralf ; Mayer, Hans-Peter ; Weber, Andreas ; Braun, Volker ; Schmidt, Michael ; Ohm, Michael ; Ahr, Norbert ; Zoch, A. ; Jandura, Carsten ; Marsch, Patrick ; Fettweis, Gerhard

Author_Institution

Vodafone

Volume

47

Issue

2

fYear

2009

fDate

2/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

98

Abstract

The 3GPP LTE standard is stable now in its first release (Release 8), and the question is how good its performance is in real-world scenarios. LTE is also a good base for further innovations, but it must be proven that they offer performance advantages for the price of their complexity. This article evaluates the performance of LTE Release 8 as a baseline and advanced concepts currently in discussion such as cooperative MIMO based on system-level simulations, and measurements in the laboratory and a multisite field testbed within the EASY-C project.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; MIMO communication; 3GPP LTE standard; EASY-C project; LTE Release 8; cooperative MIMO; laboratory measurements; multisite field testbed; multisite field trial; system-level simulations; Block codes; Calibration; Cities and towns; Downlink; Interference; MIMO; Next generation networking; Predictive models; Standards development; System testing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2009.4785385

Filename

4785385