Analysis of LTE Multiuser Flat Downlink Power Spectrum with Multi-antenna System Simulation

Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology is developing into the de-facto NGN mobile access network. In order to deliver multimedia contents and services, higher data rates and low latency are required. The new planned LTE base stations can deliver high data throughput at lower latency than other existing cellular networks. This is achieved through a different technology among of which is MIMO deployment where multiple antennas at both the transmitter and the receiver are considered. In this paper, a simulation study of different multiple antenna configurations are presented. LTE cell deployment is evaluated and analyzed to maximize cell throughput under equal power distribution, while preventing cell edge customers from starvation. Average service mean time which indicates how long it takes to service the customers is used as a system performance measure. It is shown that significant performance enhancements can be achieved through multiple antenna deployment.