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Assessing 3GPP LTE-Advanced as IMT-Advanced Technology: The WINNER+ Evaluation Group Approach
[EN] This article describes the WINNER+ approach to performance evaluation of the 3GPP LTE-Advanced proposal as an IMT-Advanced technology candidate. The official registered WINNER+ Independent Evaluation Group evaluated this proposal against ITU-R requirements. The first part of the article gives an overview of the ITU-R evaluation process, criteria, and scenarios. The second part is focused on the working method of the evaluation group, emphasizing the simulator calibration approach. Finally, the article contains exemplary evaluation results based on analytical and simulation approaches. The obtained results allow WINNER+ to confirm that the 3GPP LTE Release 10 & Beyond (LTE-Advanced) proposal satisfies all the IMT-Advanced requirements, and thus qualifies as an IMT-advanced system.This work has been performed in the framework of the CELTIC project CP5-026 WINNER+. The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of their colleagues in the WINNER+ consortium. The authors wish to thank colleagues from Ericsson, Per Skillermark and Johnan Nystrom, for their effort in leading the simulations part of the WINNER+ evaluation group. The work of David Martin-Sacristan was supported by an FPU grant of the Spanish Ministry of Education.Safjan, K.; D'amico, V.; Bültmann, D.; MartÃn-Sacristán, D.; Saadani, A.; Schöneich, H. (2011). Assessing 3GPP LTE-Advanced as IMT-Advanced Technology: The WINNER+ Evaluation Group Approach. IEEE Communications Magazine. 49(2):92-100. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2011.5706316S9210049
5G Radio Access above 6 GHz
Designing and developing a millimetre-wave(mmWave) based mobile Radio Access
Technology (RAT) in the 6-100 GHz frequency range is a fundamental component in
the standardization of the new 5G radio interface, recently kicked off by 3GPP.
Such component, herein called the new mmWave RAT, will not only enable extreme
mobile broadband (eMBB) services,but also support UHD/3D streaming, offer
immersive applications and ultra-responsive cloud services to provide an
outstanding Quality of Experience (QoE) to the mobile users. The main objective
of this paper is to develop the network architectural elements and functions
that will enable tight integration of mmWave technology into the overall 5G
radio access network (RAN). A broad range of topics addressing mobile
architecture and network functionalities will be covered-starting with the
architectural facets of network slicing, multiconnectivity and cells
clustering, to more functional elements of initial access, mobility, radio
resource management (RRM) and self-backhauling. The intention of the concepts
presented here is to lay foundation for future studies towards the first
commercial implementation of the mmWave RAT above 6 GHz.Comment: 7 pages, 5 figure