Performance of Repeaters in 3GPP LTE + Simulation Results

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Contents

Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Background .................... 1
1.2 Previous work ................ 2
1.3 Problem statement.......... 2
Chapter 2 LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE) 5
2.1 3GPP LTE Overview ..... 5
2.2 LTE Transmission Schemes .......... 6
2.2.1 OFDM ..................... 6
2.2.2 SC-FDMA............... 7
2.3 Frame Structure.............. 9
2.4 Scheduling in LTE ....... 10
2.4.1 Downlink Scheduling............ 11
2.4.2 Uplink Scheduling 12
2.5 LTE-Advanced............. 12
Chapter 3 REPEATER CONCEPT 15
3.1 Repeater Overview....... 15
3.1.1 Basic Repeater Design .......... 16
3.1.2 Antenna Isolation .. 16
3.1.3 On-Frequency and Frequency Shifting Repeaters ..... 18
3.1.4 Repeater Delay...... 18
3.1.5 Interference and Capacity ..... 19
3.1.6 Repeater Applications........... 20
3.2 Two-Hop Communication Model 21
3.3 Advanced Repeater ...... 22
3.3.1 Frequency Selective Repetition ............. 23
3.3.2 Repeater Gain Controllability ................ 24
Chapter 4 SYSTEM MODEL 27
4.1 General Scenario.......... 27
4.2 Propagation and Channel Model.. 27
4.3 Repeater Model............ 29
4.4 Simulation Models ....... 29
4.4.1 Radio Network Simulator ..... 29
4.4.2 Deployment Scenario............ 30
4.4.3 User Generation.....30
4.5 Simulation Parameters..31
4.6 Performance Evaluation ...............33
4.6.1 SINR Calculation ..33
4.6.2 Throughput ............33
4.6.3 Object Bit Rate (OBR) ..........33
Chapter 5 SIMULATION RESULTS 35
5.1 Propagation Model .......36
5.2 Number of Repeaters per Cell ......38
5.3 Repeater Distance from Base Station............39
5.4 Repeater Gain ...............40
5.5 Advanced Repeater.......43
Chapter 6 CONCLUSION 49
6.1 Conclusion....................49
6.2 Future Work .................50
APPENDIX
Appendix A – Simulation time ……………………………………………………. 51
Appendix B – Propagation Model ………………………………………………… 52
Appendix C – Number of Repeaters per Cell ……………………………………… 55
Appendix D – Repeater Distance ………………………………………………….. 57
Appendix E – Repeater Gain ……………………………………………………… 59
Appendix F – Advanced Repeater …………………………………………………. 61
References 83

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