5GNOW: Challenging the LTE Design Paradigms of Orthogonality and Synchronicity

LTE and LTE-Advanced have been optimized to deliver high bandwidth pipes to wireless users. The transport mechanisms have been tailored to maximize single cell performance by enforcing strict synchronism and orthogonality within a single cell and within a single contiguous frequency band. Various emerging trends reveal major shortcomings of those design criteria: 1) The fraction of machine-type-communications (MTC) is growing fast. Transmissions of this kind are suffering from the bulky procedures necessary to ensure strict synchronism. 2) Collaborative schemes have been introduced to boost capacity and coverage (CoMP), and wireless networks are becoming more and more heterogeneous following the non-uniform distribution of users. Tremendous efforts must be spent to collect the gains and to manage such systems under the premise of strict synchronism and orthogonality. 3) The advent of the Digital Agenda and the introduction of carrier aggregation are forcing the transmission systems to deal with fragmented spectrum. 5GNOW is an European research project supported by the European Commission within FP7 ICT Call 8. It will question the design targets of LTE and LTE-Advanced having these shortcomings in mind and the obedience to strict synchronism and orthogonality will be challenged. It will develop new PHY and MAC layer concepts being better suited to meet the upcoming needs with respect to service variety and heterogeneous transmission setups. Wireless transmission networks following the outcomes of 5GNOW will be better suited to meet the manifoldness of services, device classes and transmission setups present in envisioned future scenarios like smart cities. The integration of systems relying heavily on MTC into the communication network will be eased. The per-user experience will be more uniform and satisfying. To ensure this 5GNOW will contribute to upcoming 5G standardization.Comment: Submitted to Workshop on Mobile and Wireless Communication Systems for 2020 and beyond (at IEEE VTC 2013, Spring

5GNOW: Challenging the LTE Design Paradigms of Orthogonality and Synchronicity

Abstract-LTE and LTE-Advanced have been optimized to deliver high bandwidth pipes to wireless users. The transport mechanisms have been tailored to maximize single cell performance by enforcing strict synchronism and orthogonality within a single cell and within a single contiguous frequency band. Various emerging trends reveal major shortcomings of those design criteria: • The fraction of machine-type-communications (MTC) is growing fast. Transmissions of this kind are suffering from the bulky procedures necessary to ensure strict synchronism. • Collaborative schemes have been introduced to boost capacity and coverage (CoMP), and wireless networks are becoming more and more heterogeneous following the non-uniform distribution of users. Tremendous efforts must be spent to collect the gains and to manage such systems under the premise of strict synchronism and orthogonality. • The advent of the Digital Agenda and the introduction of carrier aggregation are forcing the transmission systems to deal with fragmented spectrum. 5GNOW will question the design targets of LTE and LTEAdvanced having these shortcomings in mind. The obedience of LTE and LTE-Advanced to strict synchronism and orthogonality will be challenged. It will develop new PHY and MAC layer concepts being better suited to meet the upcoming needs with respect to service variety and heterogeneous transmission setups. A demonstrator will be built as Proof-of-Concept relying upon continuously growing capabilities of silicon based processing. Wireless transmission networks following the outcomes of 5GNOW will be better suited to meet the manifoldness of services, device classes and transmission setups being present in envisioned future scenarios like smart cities. The integration of systems relying heavily on MTC, e.g. sensor networks, into the communication network will be eased. The per-user experience will be more uniform and satisfying. To ensure this 5GNOW will contribute to upcoming 5G standardization. First and foremost the need for un-tethered telephony and therefore wireless real-time communication has dominated the success of cordless phones, followed by first generation (1G) of cellular communications. Soon, incorporated in 2G, twoway paging implemented by SMS text messaging became the second killer application. With the success of wireless LAN technology (i.e. IEEE 802.11), http internet browsing, and the widespread market adoption of laptop computers internet data connectivity became interesting for anyone, opening up the opportunity for creating a market for the third killer application in 3G, wireless data connectivity. The logical next step has been the shrinkage of the laptop, merging it with the cellular telephone into todays' smartphones, and offering high bandwidth access to wireless users with the world's information at their fingertips everywhere and everytime. This is the scenario of the current 4G generation with the most prominent example LTE-A (Long Term EvolutionAdvanced). Hence, smartphones are, undoubtedly, in the focus of service architectures for future mobile access networks. Current market trends and future projections indicate that smartphone sales will keep growing and overtook conventional phones [TIA's 2009 to constitute now the lion's share of the global phone market: the smartphone has become a mass market device. Keywords-LTE- The next foreseen killer application is the massive wireless connectivity of machines with other machines, referred to as M2M or the Internet of Things (IoT). During the past years a multitude of wireless M2M applications has been explored, e.g. information dissemination in public transport systems or in manufacturing plants. However, fast deployment of M2M through a simple 'plug and play' connection via cellular networks is not a reality and the commercial success has been somewhat limited, yet. The availability of cellular coverage needs to be combined with simplicity of handling, in both software and hardware aspects, i.e. avoiding having to setup and connect as in a ZigBee or WLAN hot-spot but at the same time allowing longer battery life time and cheap devices. These principles can stimulate subscribers to buy M2M sensors and participate in the collection of monitoring data. M2M can be employed by communities (social network) to share monitoring information about cars, homes an

Advanced Relaying Concepts for Future Wireless Networks

Relaying is undoubtedly a key technology for future wireless networks as it can be applied to provide coverage extension and capacity increase in a cost-effective manner. This paper presents an outline of the major advanced relaying concepts that will be part of future systems from the viewpoint of the ARTIST4G European project. These concepts can be divided into three categories, those pertinent to type-1 relays, type-2 relays and moving relays. The characteristics of each of these concepts are presented and the challenges related to their implementation are discussed. Furthermore the paper proposes a set of solutions to address the discussed challenges. For type-1 relays, the paper presents solutions for the allocation of resources to the backhaul and the access links, the inter-relay interference mitigation, and the multi-hop transmission mode. For type-2 relays, our focus is on the design of distributed hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols. More specifically we propose that the conventional HARQ schemes are adapted to exploit the potentially better channel conditions provided by the relays. Moreover distributed turbo coding solutions are introduced for increasing transmission reliability with the aid of relays. Finally, moving relays are presented as an efficient solution to the ever-growing demand for wireless broadband by users within public transportation vehicles. We show that moving relays can very effectively overcome vehicle penetration losses and boost the achievable capacities of the moving users. Overall, we conclude that the presented advanced relaying concepts are very promising and can significantly enhance the user experience in future wireless networks

Advanced Relaying Concepts for Future Wireless Networks

Relaying is undoubtedly a key technology for future wireless networks as it can be applied to provide coverage extension and capacity increase in a cost-effective manner. This paper presents an outline of the major advanced relaying concepts that will be part of future systems from the viewpoint of the ARTIST4G European project. These concepts can be divided into three categories, those pertinent to type-1 relays, type-2 relays and moving relays. The characteristics of each of these concepts are presented and the challenges related to their implementation are discussed. Furthermore the paper proposes a set of solutions to address the discussed challenges. For type-1 relays, the paper presents solutions for the allocation of resources to the backhaul and the access links, the inter-relay interference mitigation, and the multi-hop transmission mode. For type-2 relays, our focus is on the design of distributed hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols. More specifically we propose that the conventional HARQ schemes are adapted to exploit the potentially better channel conditions provided by the relays. Moreover distributed turbo coding solutions are introduced for increasing transmission reliability with the aid of relays. Finally, moving relays are presented as an efficient solution to the ever-growing demand for wireless broadband by users within public transportation vehicles. We show that moving relays can very effectively overcome vehicle penetration losses and boost the achievable capacities of the moving users. Overall, we conclude that the presented advanced relaying concepts are very promising and can significantly enhance the user experience in future wireless networks

Pass it on: Advanced Relaying Concepts and Challenges for Networks Beyond 4G

Relay nodes (RNs) will be a key feature of future wireless networks. RNs can extend coverage, increase network capacity, and provide more uniform quality-of-service (QoS) across the cell area in a cost-effective manner. Therefore, not surprisingly, relaying techniques have attracted a significant amount of attention from the wireless industry and standards. The Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 10 has considered RNs that act as base stations (BSs), known as type-1 RNs, aiming only for coverage extension. However, RNs can be employed in different ways, and several challenges have to be addressed to attain the theoretical gains. This article presents an overview of the relaying concepts related to the 3GPP long-term evolution (LTE) road map, i.e., concepts related to type-1, type-2, and moving RNs. The implementation challenges are outlined, and a number of promising solutions for each RN type are discussed. More specifically, for type-1 RNs, this article focuses on the allocation of resources to the backhaul and access links. For type-2 RNs, the focus is on designing distributed hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols that involve RNs. Moving RNs are presented as an efficient solution to the ever-growing demand for wireless broadband by vehicleborne users. Overall, the presented relaying concepts and solutions can significantly improve the user experience and can play an important role in the future

Pass it on: Advanced Relaying Concepts and Challenges for Networks Beyond 4G

Relay nodes (RNs) will be a key feature of future wireless networks. RNs can extend coverage, increase network capacity, and provide more uniform quality-of-service (QoS) across the cell area in a cost-effective manner. Therefore, not surprisingly, relaying techniques have attracted a significant amount of attention from the wireless industry and standards. The Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) release 10 has considered RNs that act as base stations (BSs), known as type-1 RNs, aiming only for coverage extension. However, RNs can be employed in different ways, and several challenges have to be addressed to attain the theoretical gains. This article presents an overview of the relaying concepts related to the 3GPP long-term evolution (LTE) road map, i.e., concepts related to type-1, type-2, and moving RNs. The implementation challenges are outlined, and a number of promising solutions for each RN type are discussed. More specifically, for type-1 RNs, this article focuses on the allocation of resources to the backhaul and access links. For type-2 RNs, the focus is on designing distributed hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) protocols that involve RNs. Moving RNs are presented as an efficient solution to the ever-growing demand for wireless broadband by vehicleborne users. Overall, the presented relaying concepts and solutions can significantly improve the user experience and can play an important role in the future

CELTIC CP5-026 WINNER+, D1.5 Intermediate Report on System Aspect of Advanced RRM

The deliverable describes the second set of best innovations proposed in the framework of the WP1 on system aspect of advanced Radio Resource Management (RRM) approved by the System Group. These concepts consist of promising innovative techniques and include an initial evaluation of the performance and benefits as far as already available. A brief description of each technique together with the relevant state of the art is provided.Moreover, first considerations about the requirements on the system, especially regarding measurements, signalling, architecture and protocols are described. The last set of innovations will be ready for the final deliverable of proof of concept evaluation

CELTIC CP5-026 WINNER+, D1.5 Intermediate Report on System Aspect of Advanced RRM

The deliverable describes the second set of best innovations proposed in the framework of the WP1 on system aspect of advanced Radio Resource Management (RRM) approved by the System Group. These concepts consist of promising innovative techniques and include an initial evaluation of the performance and benefits as far as already available. A brief description of each technique together with the relevant state of the art is provided.Moreover, first considerations about the requirements on the system, especially regarding measurements, signalling, architecture and protocols are described. The last set of innovations will be ready for the final deliverable of proof of concept evaluation