95 research outputs found

    Dynamic Enhanced Inter-Cell Interference Coordination for Realistic Networks

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    Macro Transmission Power Reduction for HetNet Co-Channel Deployments

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    Centralized and Distributed Solutions for Fast Muting Adaptation in LTE-Advanced HetNets

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    Self Organizing strategies for enhanced ICIC (eICIC)

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    Small cells have been identified as an effective solution for coping with the important traffic increase that is expected in the coming years. But this solution is accompanied by additional interference that needs to be mitigated. The enhanced Inter Cell Interference Coordination (eICIC) feature has been introduced to address the interference problem. eICIC involves two parameters which need to be optimized, namely the Cell Range Extension (CRE) of the small cells and the ABS ratio (ABSr) which defines a mute ratio for the macro cell to reduce the interference it produces. In this paper we propose self-optimizing algorithms for the eICIC. The CRE is adjusted by means of load balancing algorithm. The ABSr parameter is optimized by maximizing a proportional fair utility of user throughputs. The convergence of the algorithms is proven using stochastic approximation theorems. Numerical simulations illustrate the important performance gain brought about by the different algorithms.Comment: Submitted to WiOpt 201

    Fast Muting Adaptation for LTE-A HetNets with Remote Radio Heads

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    Study of Dynamic eICIC in a Realistic Urban Deployment

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    Macro Cell Muting Coordination for Non-Uniform Topologies in LTE-A HetNets

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    Optimisation de la gestion des interférences inter-cellulaires et de l'attachement des mobiles dans les réseaux cellulaires LTE

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    Driven by an exponential growth in mobile broadband-enabled devices and a continue dincrease in individual data consumption, mobile data traffic has grown 4000-fold over the past 10 years and almost 400-million-fold over the past 15 years. Homogeneouscellular networks have been facing limitations to handle soaring mobile data traffic and to meet the growing end-user demand for more bandwidth and betterquality of experience. These limitations are mainly related to the available spectrumand the capacity of the network. Telecommunication industry has to address these challenges and meet exploding demand. At the same time, it has to guarantee a healthy economic model to reduce the carbon footprint which is caused by mobile communications.Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets), composed of macro base stations and low powerbase stations of different types, are seen as the key solution to improve spectral efficiency per unit area and to eliminate coverage holes. In such networks, intelligent user association and interference management schemes are needed to achieve gains in performance. Due to the large imbalance in transmission power between macroand small cells, user association based on strongest signal received is not adapted inHetNets as only few users would attach to low power nodes. A technique based onCell Individual Offset (CIO) is therefore required to perform load balancing and to favor some Small Cell (SC) attraction against Macro Cell (MC). This offset is addedto users’ Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements and hence inducing handover towards different eNodeBs. As Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular networks use the same frequency sub-bands, mobile users may experience strong inter-cellxv interference, especially at cell edge. Therefore, there is a need to coordinate resource allocation among the cells and minimize inter-cell interference. To mitigate stronginter-cell interference, the resource, in time, frequency and power domain, should be allocated efficiently. A pattern for each dimension is computed to permit especially for cell edge users to benefit of higher throughput and quality of experience. The optimization of all these parameters can also offer gain in energy use. In this thesis,we propose a concrete versatile dynamic solution performing an optimization of user association and resource allocation in LTE cellular networks maximizing a certainnet work utility function that can be adequately chosen. Our solution, based on gametheory, permits to compute Cell Individual Offset and a pattern of power transmission over frequency and time domain for each cell. We present numerical simulations toillustrate the important performance gain brought by this optimization. We obtain significant benefits in the average throughput and also cell edge user through put of40% and 55% gains respectively. Furthermore, we also obtain a meaningful improvement in energy efficiency. This work addresses industrial research challenges and assuch, a prototype acting on emulated HetNets traffic has been implemented.Conduit par une croissance exponentielle dans les appareils mobiles et une augmentation continue de la consommation individuelle des données, le trafic de données mobiles a augmenté de 4000 fois au cours des 10 dernières années et près de 400millions fois au cours des 15 dernières années. Les réseaux cellulaires homogènes rencontrent de plus en plus de difficultés à gérer l’énorme trafic de données mobiles et à assurer un débit plus élevé et une meilleure qualité d’expérience pour les utilisateurs.Ces difficultés sont essentiellement liées au spectre disponible et à la capacité du réseau.L’industrie de télécommunication doit relever ces défis et en même temps doit garantir un modèle économique pour les opérateurs qui leur permettra de continuer à investir pour répondre à la demande croissante et réduire l’empreinte carbone due aux communications mobiles. Les réseaux cellulaires hétérogènes (HetNets), composés de stations de base macro et de différentes stations de base de faible puissance,sont considérés comme la solution clé pour améliorer l’efficacité spectrale par unité de surface et pour éliminer les trous de couverture. Dans de tels réseaux, il est primordial d’attacher intelligemment les utilisateurs aux stations de base et de bien gérer les interférences afin de gagner en performance. Comme la différence de puissance d’émission est importante entre les grandes et petites cellules, l’association habituelle des mobiles aux stations de bases en se basant sur le signal le plus fort, n’est plus adaptée dans les HetNets. Une technique basée sur des offsets individuelles par cellule Offset(CIO) est donc nécessaire afin d’équilibrer la charge entre les cellules et d’augmenter l’attraction des petites cellules (SC) par rapport aux cellules macro (MC). Cette offset est ajoutée à la valeur moyenne de la puissance reçue du signal de référence(RSRP) mesurée par le mobile et peut donc induire à un changement d’attachement vers différents eNodeB. Comme les stations de bases dans les réseaux cellulaires LTE utilisent les mêmes sous-bandes de fréquences, les mobiles peuvent connaître une forte interférence intercellulaire, en particulier en bordure de cellules. Par conséquent, il est primordial de coordonner l’allocation des ressources entre les cellules et de minimiser l’interférence entre les cellules. Pour atténuer la forte interférence intercellulaire, les ressources, en termes de temps, fréquence et puissance d’émission, devraient être alloués efficacement. Un modèle pour chaque dimension est calculé pour permettre en particulier aux utilisateurs en bordure de cellule de bénéficier d’un débit plus élevé et d’une meilleure qualité de l’expérience. L’optimisation de tous ces paramètres peut également offrir un gain en consommation d’énergie. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons une solution dynamique polyvalente effectuant une optimisation de l’attachement des mobiles aux stations de base et de l’allocation des ressources dans les réseaux cellulaires LTE maximisant une fonction d’utilité du réseau qui peut être choisie de manière adéquate.Notre solution, basée sur la théorie des jeux, permet de calculer les meilleures valeurs pour l’offset individuelle par cellule (CIO) et pour les niveaux de puissance à appliquer au niveau temporel et fréquentiel pour chaque cellule. Nous présentons des résultats des simulations effectuées pour illustrer le gain de performance important apporté par cette optimisation. Nous obtenons une significative hausse dans le débit moyen et le débit des utilisateurs en bordure de cellule avec 40 % et 55 % de gains respectivement. En outre, on obtient un gain important en énergie. Ce travail aborde des défis pour l’industrie des télécoms et en tant que tel, un prototype de l’optimiseur a été implémenté en se basant sur un trafic HetNets émulé

    On Improving Performance of Victim Macrocell Users in LTE HetNets with Closed Access Femtocells

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    Todays wireless and cellular networks demand a minimum data rate requirements for its users, as the users have apparently become dependent on mobile networks with the advent smartphones, tablets, and other wireless gadgets. These high expectations from users have given rise in traf- c demand. Cellular operators are also looking for solutions to eradicate the network issues like call drops, choppy videos, and slow downloads. All of these trends will continue and have fuelled the interest of researchers in wireless and cellular networks. In order to attain the high data de- mand from users, operators are deploying new solutions in a coverage prone and highly populated cell areas. 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) introduced Heterogeneous networks (Het- Nets) in LTE-Advanced (Long Term Evolution - Advanced) for improving the experience of mobile users. The HetNets launched new network topologies, which are cost-e ective and also improves the data rate of mobile users. However, dense deployment of these new network nodes can also bring a lot of challenges i.e., interference control and management of new network nodes. Hence, 3GPP speci ed various interference mitigation technologies, which includes ICIC (Intercell inter- ference coordination), Enhanced Intercell interference coordination (eICIC), and Further Enhanced Intercell interference coordination (feICIC). In this thesis, we focus on the cross-tier interference between Macrocell and Femtocell, and the performance enhancement of Victim Macrocell users. We also proposed a centralized algorithm, which provides coordination between interfering Femtocell (Closed Access Mode) and Macrocell, and o er a joint Almost Blank Subframe (ABSF) and power control scheme for Femtocell muting. The two prime metric discussed in our thesis are; a) attuning the transmission power during ABSF for Femtocell and then calculating the number of ABSF re- quired, and b) determining appropriate subframes for muting an arbitrary Femtocell. Centralized algorithm tracks the state of Macrocell users. A Macrocell user is referred as Victim Macrocell user if the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) value of Macrocell user degrades from the required threshold value. In this work, we performed only Femtocell muting to show the e ect of dense deployment of Femtocells on Macrocell users. During ABSF muting Femtocell automatically adjusts its transmission power depending upon the level of interference su ered by Victim Macrocell users, which also minimizes the unnecessary degradation in Femtocell users performance. In order to increase the favorable chances of scheduling Victim Macrocell users during ABSF by its serving Macrocell, the centralized algorithm mutes Femtocells in a round robin fashion and eradicates un- necessary Femtocell muting. Our proposed scheme, RrMute compared with various other schemes and the simulation results show that RrMute enhances the performance of Victim Macrocell users, while simultaneously not jeopardizing the performance of Femtocell users
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