Practical performance evaluation of Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) networks

Author

Muqaibel, Ali H. ; Jadallah, Ayham N.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., King Fahd Univ. of Pet. & Miner. (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2015

fDate

1-4 Feb. 2015

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) networks, Base Stations (BSs) cooperatively process User Equipment (UE) connected to multi-points to eliminate the inter-cell interference. CoMP networks convert the interference signal into useful information by controlling the interfering signals among adjacent cells. This is important for UEs at the cell edge. This paper examines practical deployment of CoMP and investigates its enhancement to the spectral efficiency and Signal-to-Interference and Noise Ratio (SINR) in practical inter-site and intra-site CoMP scenarios. We consider the topography and terrain data of Al-Khobar city in Saudi Arabia to evaluate the received power and SINR behavior and estimate the SINR improvement in practical CoMP networks.

Keywords

cellular radio; performance evaluation; signal denoising; spectral analysis; Al-Khobar city; BS; CoMP networks; SINR behavior evaluation; Saudi Arabia; UE; adjacent cell edge; base stations; cellular communication systems; coordinated multipoint networks; intercell interference elimination; intersite CoMP scenarios; intrasite CoMP scenarios; practical performance evaluation; received power evaluation; signal-to-interference and noise ratio; spectral efficiency enhancement; terrain data; topography data; user equipment; Directive antennas; Gain; Interference; Optimization; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio; CoMP; Coordinated Multipoint; clustering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

GCC Conference and Exhibition (GCCCE), 2015 IEEE 8th

Conference_Location

Muscat

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IEEEGCC.2015.7060026

Filename

7060026