Efficient Uplink Modeling for Dynamic System-Level Simulations of Cellular and Mobile Networks

<p/> <p>A novel theoretical framework for uplink simulations is proposed. It allows investigations which have to cover a very long (real-) time and which at the same time require a certain level of accuracy in terms of radio resource management, quality of service, and mobility. This is...

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Main Authors: Lobinger Andreas, Stefanski Szymon, Viering Ingo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2010-01-01
Series:EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
Online Access:http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.com/content/2010/282465
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Summary:<p/> <p>A novel theoretical framework for uplink simulations is proposed. It allows investigations which have to cover a very long (real-) time and which at the same time require a certain level of accuracy in terms of radio resource management, quality of service, and mobility. This is of particular importance for simulations of self-organizing networks. For this purpose, conventional system level simulators are not suitable due to slow simulation speeds far beyond real-time. Simpler, snapshot-based tools are lacking the aforementioned accuracy. The runtime improvements are achieved by deriving abstract theoretical models for the MAC layer behavior. The focus in this work is long term evolution, and the most important uplink effects such as fluctuating interference, power control, power limitation, adaptive transmission bandwidth, and control channel limitations are considered. Limitations of the abstract models will be discussed as well. Exemplary results are given at the end to demonstrate the capability of the derived framework.</p>
ISSN:1687-1472
1687-1499