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Frequency Coordination Between Umts and GSM Systems 900 MHZ PDF
Frequency Coordination Between Umts and GSM Systems 900 MHZ PDF
40 S* PTx
= . (7)
Lp S
AllowedMax
30 S
UMTS Upl i nk
20 GSM Upl i nk
UMTS Downl i nk
where PTx is the transmitting power of BTS or NodeB of
10
GSM Downl i nk victim system. It can be assumed that downlink coverage is
0
2. 2 2. 3 2. 4 2. 5 2. 6 2. 7 2. 8
not impacted if the sensitivity degradation is less than
Fr quency of f set ( MHz) PTx
but downlink capacity is degraded. One shall
Lp S
Figure 1 Estimated ACIR remember that the max allowed sensitivity degradation
defined in Eq (7) is rough estimation and doesnt consider
Now that the ACIR is known, we can investigate impact of the head room for power control.
adjacent channel interference on system performance.
3.1 Mutual Interference between GSM MS and
3 Mutual Interference and Noise Figure UMTS NodeB
Degradation We now consider the mutual interference between GSM MS
In [1] and [2], network capacity loss is estimated as a and UMTS NodeB. We consider two operation modes:
function of ACIR by means of computer simulations. In Coordinated operation and uncoordinated operation.
addition to the impact on capacity, it is also of interest to Uncoordinated operation, here, assumes site layout of GSM
assess impact of adjacent channel interference on the quality sites at the cell edge of UMTS sites as defined in [1].
of service of individual users. With that in mind, we now
estimate the receiver noise figure degradation of a receiver 1 Coordinated Operation
due to an adjacent channel interferer transmitting at power
PTx and frequency offset f. Let L p be the coupling loss In this scenario, the minimum TX power of GSM MS is
5dBm and the maximum power is 33dBm because of power
between transmitter and receiver. The receiver noise floor
control. MS TX power is determined by coupling loss
will increase by an amount proportional to the interferer
between NodeB and MS. MS transmitting power
transmit power, and inversely proportional to the coupling
loss and the ACIR. This is represented by the left hand side is: PTx = Min( Max(5dBm, L p + S ),33dBm) , where L p is
of Eq.(4). Rearranging terms we obtain the expression the coupling loss and S is the sensitivity of GSM BTS. The
within brackets in Eq.(4) which represents the receiver NodeB sensitivity degradation in different coupling loss is
effective noise figure F* . shown in Figure 2. We can find that UMTS NodeB noise
floor will increase about 1.7 dB when coupling loss is equal
PTx
N 0W F + = to 80dB and frequency offset is 2.2 MHz, which will result
L p L ( f ) in increase UE transmit power and impact UL coverage. In
(4). scenarios where coverage is not a limiting factor, 2.2MHz
PTx offset can give satisfactory performance. If frequency offset
= N 0W F + = N 0W F
*
is 2.4MHz, the sensitivity degradation is less than 0.2dB
N W L L ( )
f
0 p when coupling loss is 80dB. So the interference to UMTS
Node B is negligible when frequency offset is 2.4 MHz.
The receiver noise figure degradation is then
Here, it is assumed GSM MS transmits at all eight time slots.
F* PTx In practice, a user occupies only one slot. The effective
= 1+ (5).
F N 0W F Lp L ( f ) interference to UMTS Node B is decreased by 9 dB in this
case and the UMTS900 sensitivity degradation is only 0.2
Noise figure degradation is equivalent to sensitivity dB at 2.2 MHz offset.
degradationso sensitivity degradation is also equal to: We assume NodeB transmit at full power, i.e. 43dBm when
consider UMTS NodeB interference GSM MS. GSM MS
S* PTx sensitivity degradation and the allowed sensitivity
=1+ (6).
S N 0W F L p L(f ) degradation are showed in Figure 3. We can find that GSM
MS allowed sensitivity degradation is always larger than
actual sensitivity degradation about 20 dB. The delta is large
enough to cover the power control head room in downlink. 2.0
So, the NodeB interference to GSM MS can be tolerated in 1.8
UMTS NodeB sensitivity degradation
coordinated operation when frequency offset is 2.2MHz. GSM BTS sensitivity degradation
1.6
1.4
1.0
In uncoordinated operation, we assume the worst case
0.8
scenario in which GSM MS and UMTS NodeB transmit at
0.6
full power, i.e., 33 dBm and 43 dBm, respectively.
0.4
Sensitivity degradation vs. coupling loss is shown in Figure
0.2
4 and Figure 5. The minimum coupling loss (MCL) between
0.0
UMTS NodeB and GSM MS is assumed to be 80dB. 80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
From Figure 4, we can find that the sensitivity degradation Coupling Loss [dB]
60
degradation
30
Similar to GSM MS-UMTS NodeB mutual interference
case, two operation modes are considered: Coordinated 20
0
80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120
The minimum TX power of UMTS UE is -50dBm and the Figure 3 UMTS UE and GSM MS sensitivity
maximum power is 21dBm. UMTS UE TX power is degradation vs. coupling loss in coordinated operation
determined by coupling loss between GSM BTS and UMTS (Frequency offset 2.2MHz)
UE. UMTS UE transmitting power
2 Uncoordinated Operation
is: PTx = Min( Max(50dBm, L p + S ),21) , where L p is
the coupling loss and S is the sensitivity of UMTS Node B. In uncoordinated operation, we assume the worst case
The GSM BTS sensitivity degradation for different coupling scenario in which UMTS UE and GSM BTS transmit at full
loss values is in Figure 2. We can find from Figure 2 that power, i.e., 21 dBm and 43 dBm, respectively. The MCL
there is no interference impact from UMTS UE to GSM between GSM BTS and UMTS UE is 80dB and the
uplink with 2.2 MHz frequency offset. sensitivity degradation vs. coupling loss is showed in Figure
4 and Figure 5.
Maximum GSM BTS power, i.e. 43dBm, is assumed when
assessing the impact of GSM BTS interference to UMTS From Figure 4, we can find GSM BTS noise floor will
UE. Figure 3 shows the max allowed sensitivity degradation increase less than 0.2dB due to the interference from UMTS
and the actual UMTS UE sensitivity degradation. As can be UE. This is evidently negligible.
seen in Figure 3, the max allowed sensitivity degradation is We can also find from Figure 5 that the UMTS UE allowed
always larger than the actual value by around 25 dB. . The max sensitivity degradation is always larger than UMTS UE
delta is large enough to cover the power control head room actual sensitivity degradation. Maximum coupling loss of
in downlink. So it can be concluded that the interference 120 dB is assumed when calculating allowed max
from GSM BTS to UMTS UE doesnt impact the UMTS sensitivity degradation. So UMTS UE can tolerate the
quality in coordinated operation when frequency offset is adjacent channel inference from GSM BTS in
2.2MHz. uncoordinated operation scenario at 2.6 MHz frequency
offset.
From [1],we can find the average UMTS uplink capacity
0.5
loss less than 5% when frequency offset is 2.2MHz
UMTS NodeB sensitivity degradation
ACIR=34.5dB and downlink capacity loss less than
0.4 GSM BTS sensitivity degradation
1.5%(ACIR=25.5dB) in rural area with cell range of 5000 m
in coordinated operation. The UMTS capacity loss and
Sensitivity Loss [dB]
20.0
5 References
10.0 [1] 3GPP TR25.816, UMTS900 Work Item Technical report, 2005.
[2] S. Soliman, C. Weathley, Frequency Coordination Between
0.0
CDMA and Non-CDMA Systems, xxxx
80 85 90 95 100 105 110 115 120 [3] 3GPP TR25.942, Radio Frequency System Scenarios
Coupling Loss [dB] [4] 3GPP TS25.101, UE Radio Transmission and reception
[5] 3GPP TS25.104, Base Station Radio Transmission and reception
Figure 5 UMTS UE and GSM MS noise degradation vs [6] ECC/CEPT, Compatibility Study for UMTS Operating Within the
coupling loss in coordinated operation (Frequency offset GSM 900 and GSM 1800 Frequency Bands
2.6MHz)
4 Conclusions
Findings can be summarized in Table 5.