LTE and HSPA for fixed wireless broadband: Datarates, coverage, and capacity in an Indian rural scenario

Author

Furuskär, Anders ; Rao, Jing ; Blomgren, Mats ; Skillermark, Per

Author_Institution

Ericsson Res., Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

2011

fDate

Feb. 28 2011-March 3 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Fixed wireless systems are candidate solutions to connect billions of users not yet connected to the Internet. In this paper the capabilities of HSPA and LTE fixed wireless systems in terms of coverage, datarates, and capacity are discussed and evaluated. Results indicate that in an Indian rural scenario with an inter-site distance of 40km, monthly data volumes of 200MB per user together with a cell-edge datarate of 5Mbps are supported by HSPA on 10MHz (downlink, 1×2). For LTE monthly volumes of 430MB per user are reached in both downlink and uplink, together with cell-edge datarates of 5Mbps in downlink and 2Mbps in uplink. A key enabler is the use of directional rooftop terminal antennas.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; directive antennas; packet radio networks; HSPA; Internet; LTE fixed wireless systems; directional rooftop terminal antennas; distance 40 km; fixed wireless broadband; frequency 10 MHz; Base stations; Bit rate; Broadband antennas; Downlink; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; 4G; Fixed Wireless Broadband; HSPA; LTE;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communication, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace & Electronic Systems Technology (Wireless VITAE), 2011 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Chennai

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0786-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WIRELESSVITAE.2011.5940858

Filename

5940858