Performance Evaluation of 6-Sector-Site Deployment for Downlink UTRAN Long Term Evolution

Author

Kumar, Sanjay ; Kovács, I.Z. ; Monghal, G. ; Pedersen, K.I. ; Mogensen, P.E.

Author_Institution

Aalborg Univ., Aalborg

fYear

2008

fDate

21-24 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we present the results on performance evaluation of 6-sector-site deployment and compare against 3-sector-site deployment in the downlink UTRAN LTE systems. To facilitate the performance evaluation a quasi-dynamic multicell system level simulator that follows the 3GPP UTRAN LTE specifications has been used. A significant gain in the order of 88% in site capacity is achieved by changing the 3-sector- site deployment by 6-sector-site deployment. A mixed network topology with a combination of 3 and 6-sector-site deployment has been also considered and its potential benefits investigated. The 6-sector deployment in the mixed network topology can be a viable option to meet high traffic demands in localized areas such as hot spots, yielding a capacity gain in the 6-sector sites in the order of 95 % to 110 %.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; radio access networks; telecommunication network topology; telecommunication traffic; 3GPP UTRAN LTE specification; 6-sector-site deployment; UMTS terrestrial radio access network; downlink UTRAN long-term evolution; mixed network topology; network traffic; quasidynamic multicell system level simulator; Antenna measurements; Antennas and propagation; Azimuth; Boring; Directive antennas; Downlink; Interference; Long Term Evolution; Network topology; Telecommunication traffic;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 2008. VTC 2008-Fall. IEEE 68th

Conference_Location

Calgary, BC

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1721-6

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2008.384

Filename

4657216