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DL Performance Evaluation of A Combined Cell in LTE Network - v2.0
DL Performance Evaluation of A Combined Cell in LTE Network - v2.0
LTE Network
Rosemarie Miranda Felipe, Jennylou Banzon Caasi, Ragil Putro Wicaksono, Seiji Kunishige, Kwangrok Chang
MOTiV Research Co.
Tokyo, Japan
firstname.lastname@motiv-research.com
AbstractThis paper provides an algorithm to calculate SINR effectively utilized to provide superior DL throughput
and throughput gain in a combined cell of LTE network based on performance.
Radio Frequency (RF) scanner measurement data containing
RSRP of the serving cell and neighbor cells. The combined cell, a The paper is structured as follows: in Section II the
feature of 3GPP standard, is the combination of multiple physical obtained data measurements, simulations and calculation
cells which operate at the same frequency into one cell in LTE derivations for the combined cell performance evaluation
network system. The combined cell is able to improve the cell quantities are discussed. The simulation and the calculation
edge performance in terms of SINR. It is however noted that not methodologies are applied in actual field test and the combined
all areas served by the combined cell get benefit from cell simulation results for fix load are evaluated in Section III.
the combined cell feature. Some areas show a degraded The DL throughput result of a combined cell for varied load
performance in downlink throughput results from the higher and its relation to the limiting factors are presented in Section
traffic load due to shared resources. In this paper, combined cell IV and finally conclusions are stated in Section V.
performance is investigated to identify at what traffic level a
combined cell becomes beneficial and at what traffic level it II. COMBINED CELL CALCULATION METHOD
results in performance degradation. The investigation is made
throughout the two steps, the simulation of combined cell SINR
It is necessary in this paper to collect the measurement
and calculation of new load condition. These two steps quantities from LTE RF scanner (i.e. RSRP of serving and
complement each other to provide better accuracy of network neighbor cell) to simulate the combined cell Signal-to-Noise-
Downlink (DL) throughput evaluation of the combined cell in Ratio (SINR) and the throughput improvement. Reference
LTE network. This study reveals that in order to obtain the Signal Received Power (RSRP) is defined as the linear
effective utilization of LTE combined cell feature, the feature average over the power contributions (in [W]) of the resource
needs to be implemented only when the average of component elements that carry cell-specific reference signals within the
cell load is below 20-40% depending on the component cell considered measurement frequency bandwidth [4].
overlapping level.
A. Combined Cell SINR Calculation
Key wordsLTE; LTE combined cell; Single Frequency Network One of the most significant aspects of combined cell
(SFN); SINR; cell load; Throughput
simulation is the calculation of combined cell SINR. It is
defined as the ratio between RSRP and one Resource Element
I. INTRODUCTION
(RE) interference power [5]. It can be calculated as:
A combined cell, which is also known as Single Frequency RSRPServing Cell
Network (SFN), is proven technology deployed in incumbent SINR= 10 log 10 { } (1)
M PDSCH x LNonSC +No W
LTE networks to aid coverage extension and the reduction of
signaling caused by unnecessary handovers in dense networks. Where,
Combined cell is seen to improve RF condition through RSRP Serving Cell: RSRP of the serving cell in mwatt,
M : Number of TX antenna used during data transmission,
achieving significant gains in SINR by having the significant PDSCH : Physical Downlink Shared Channel signal interfering the RS-
interfering cells transmit the same Physical Cell Identity (PCI), signal of the serving cell,
which is regarded as cell level diversity [1]. The studies LNonSC : Average PRB load of neighboring cell,
regarding combined cells are done in Universal Mobile NoW : Noise power which is -125.2dBm over a subchannel where
Telecommunication System (UMTS) heterogeneous network RS signal is transmitted.
[2] as well as in LTE network [3] however those papers are It is shown in eq. (1) that SINR is calculated from the
mainly for mobility perspective analyses. It is known that the RSRP of serving cell and the PDSCH signal of other cells
major drawback of combined cell is that the potential area interfering the RS-signal of the serving cell. The PDSCH signal
splitting capacity gain of LTE cells are not utilized [3]. In this of non-serving cell is not obtained in scanner measurements.
paper, the combined cell is studied for LTE network to However, according to 3GPP [4], the ratio of PDSCH EPRE
improve the overall DL throughput performance, not only for (Energy Per Resource Element) to cell-specific RS EPRE
mobility improvement. This study ensures the efficient among PDSCH REs for each Orthogonal Frequency Division
combined cell design that the combined cell system is Multiplexing (OFDM) symbol is denoted by either A or B.
This A or B are signaled to higher layer by means of specific SINRCombined cell A+B = 10 log10 {
RSRPA+B
} (5)
RSRP[C+D+.] L [AB] +No W
parameter PA and PB. Based on the definition above, PDSCH
signal can be acquired using the measured RSRP and the
specific parameter PA and PB. In this paper, PA and PB To evaluate the SINR performance after cell is combined, a
parameters are termed as RSoffset. Hence, SINR calculation can mathematical SINR simulation is initially applied to the live
be expressed as network load condition in Tokyo metropolitan area. It is noted
RSRPServing Cell
that the network load condition during field measurement is
SINR= 10 log 10 { RSRP NonSC L NonSC } (2) 30%. It is shown in Fig. 3 that the data samples of poor SINR
M +No W
RSoffset exist in the cell border of a non-combined cell.
Where,
RSRPNonSC : sum of reference signal received power of non-serving cells and,
RSoffset : reference signal boost offset level.
Legend:
In this paper, the computation is performed using 3dB SINR [dB]]
boost RS-Power and 2x2 antenna system. With this Min x < 5
configuration, SINR computation can be further simplified as
5 x < 10
follows:
RSRPServing Cell 10 x < 15
SINR= 10 log10 { RSRPNonSC L NonSC +No W
} (3)
15 x < 20
Fig.1 shows the illustration of eq. (4) wherein cell A is the 20 x < 25
serving cell and all other cells surrounding it acts as an 25 x < 30
interferer. 30 x < Max