Assessing 3GPP LTE-advanced as IMT-advanced technology: the WINNER+ evaluation group approach

Author

Safjan, Krystian ; Amico, Valeria D. ; Bültmann, Daniel ; Martín-Sacristán, David ; Saadani, Ahmed ; Schöneich, Hendrik

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

92

Lastpage

100

Abstract

This article describes the WINNER+ approach to performance evaluation of the 3GPP LTE-Advanced proposal as an IMT-Advanced technology candidate. The official registered WINNER+ Independent Evaluation Group evaluated this proposal against ITU-R requirements. The first part of the article gives an overview of the ITU-R evaluation process, criteria, and scenarios. The second part is focused on the working method of the evaluation group, emphasizing the simulator calibration approach. Finally, the article contains exemplary evaluation results based on analytical and simulation approaches. The obtained results allow WINNER+ to confirm that the 3GPP LTE Release 10 & Beyond (LTE-Advanced) proposal satisfies all the IMTAdvanced requirements, and thus qualifies as an IMT-advanced system.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; 3GPP LTE-advanced; IMT-advanced technology; ITU-R evaluation process; WINNER+ independent evaluation group approach; simulator calibration approach; Base stations; Calibration; Channel models; Downlink; Interference; Layout; Next generation networking; Performance evaluation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2011.5706316

Filename

5706316