Analyzing the economic impact of fixed relaying deployment in a LTE network

Author

Martins, Alfredo ; Rodrigues, A. ; Vieira, P.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomun. (IT), Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2013

fDate

24-27 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

The current generation of mobile networks - Long Term Evolution (LTE) - allows the use of several new techniques, which will bring direct and visible performance benefits. This enables a better overall user experience and new features to Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). One of the most important new techniques will be Relaying. In addition to capacity and coverage gains, the usage of Relay Stations (RSs) minimizes the networks Capital Expenditure (CapEx) and Operating Expense (OpEx). In this paper, a comparison is made, from an economical perspective, between a LTE network composed entirely by evolved NodeBs (eNBs) and other scenarios which use additional RSs. The aim of the paper is to determine the conditions for a suitable eNB to RSs replacement, and the associated economical benefits.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; relay networks (telecommunication); telecommunication industry; LTE network; capital expenditure; economic impact; fixed relaying deployment; long term evolution; mobile network operators; operating expense; relay stations; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Cooperative Communications; LTE; Relay; Total Cost of Ownership; Wireless Communications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Personal Multimedia Communications (WPMC), 2013 16th International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Atlantic City, NJ

ISSN

1347-6890

Type

conf

Filename

6618545