Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced

This article presents sub-band full duplex (SBFD) as a duplexing scheme to improve the uplink (UL) throughput in 5G–Advanced networks, as an alternative to traditional time-division duplexing (TDD). SBFD provides opportunities to transmit and receive simultaneously on non-overlapping freq...

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Main Authors: Masoumeh Mokhtari, Guillermo Pocovi, Roberto Maldonado, Klaus I. Pedersen
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2023-01-01
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10182244/
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author Masoumeh Mokhtari
Guillermo Pocovi
Roberto Maldonado
Klaus I. Pedersen
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Guillermo Pocovi
Roberto Maldonado
Klaus I. Pedersen
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description This article presents sub-band full duplex (SBFD) as a duplexing scheme to improve the uplink (UL) throughput in 5G–Advanced networks, as an alternative to traditional time-division duplexing (TDD). SBFD provides opportunities to transmit and receive simultaneously on non-overlapping frequency resources. To accomplish this, SBFD time slots include both UL and downlink (DL) transmission. This leads to UL transmission being more expanded in the time domain rather than the frequency domain, which allows to increase the amount of UL transmission opportunities, as compared to TDD where the majority of time slots are used for DL. Concurrent UL and DL transmission create different types of interference, which makes cancellation approaches essential for appropriate performance. The SBFD interference types, including self-interference as the main challenge of SBFD deployment, are outlined and corresponding analytical models are proposed to provide a realistic evaluation of SBFD performance. System-level simulations with different load conditions in a high-power urban macro environment are used to evaluate the SBFD performance in comparison with TDD as the baseline. The results indicate a four times increase in the UL throughput for cell-edge users as well as 32% and 6% increase in average UL throughput, at low and medium loads, respectively. Furthermore, simulation results determine that at least 149 dB of self-interference mitigation is required for acceptable performance in SBFD. Results also show that SBFD benefits are limited by inter-site gNB-to-gNB interference.
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spelling doaj.art-cf1f1cb6bf834cf2a4e1e5ad2af8d30b2023-07-21T23:01:07ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362023-01-0111715037151610.1109/ACCESS.2023.329512110182244Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-AdvancedMasoumeh Mokhtari0https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7127-2732Guillermo Pocovi1Roberto Maldonado2Klaus I. Pedersen3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6184-7561Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkNokia, Aalborg, DenmarkNokia, Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University, Aalborg, DenmarkThis article presents sub-band full duplex (SBFD) as a duplexing scheme to improve the uplink (UL) throughput in 5G–Advanced networks, as an alternative to traditional time-division duplexing (TDD). SBFD provides opportunities to transmit and receive simultaneously on non-overlapping frequency resources. To accomplish this, SBFD time slots include both UL and downlink (DL) transmission. This leads to UL transmission being more expanded in the time domain rather than the frequency domain, which allows to increase the amount of UL transmission opportunities, as compared to TDD where the majority of time slots are used for DL. Concurrent UL and DL transmission create different types of interference, which makes cancellation approaches essential for appropriate performance. The SBFD interference types, including self-interference as the main challenge of SBFD deployment, are outlined and corresponding analytical models are proposed to provide a realistic evaluation of SBFD performance. System-level simulations with different load conditions in a high-power urban macro environment are used to evaluate the SBFD performance in comparison with TDD as the baseline. The results indicate a four times increase in the UL throughput for cell-edge users as well as 32% and 6% increase in average UL throughput, at low and medium loads, respectively. Furthermore, simulation results determine that at least 149 dB of self-interference mitigation is required for acceptable performance in SBFD. Results also show that SBFD benefits are limited by inter-site gNB-to-gNB interference.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10182244/5G-Advanceduplink coverageself-interferenceinterference modelingsystem-level performance
spellingShingle Masoumeh Mokhtari
Guillermo Pocovi
Roberto Maldonado
Klaus I. Pedersen
Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
IEEE Access
5G-Advanced
uplink coverage
self-interference
interference modeling
system-level performance
title Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
title_full Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
title_fullStr Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
title_full_unstemmed Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
title_short Modeling and System-Level Performance Evaluation of Sub-Band Full Duplexing for 5G-Advanced
title_sort modeling and system level performance evaluation of sub band full duplexing for 5g advanced
topic 5G-Advanced
uplink coverage
self-interference
interference modeling
system-level performance
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10182244/
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