Analysis of Antenna Parameter Optimization Space for 3GPP LTE

Author

Yilmaz, Osman N C ; Hämäläinen, Seppo ; Hämäläinen, Jyri

Author_Institution

Res., Technol. & Platforms, Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland

fYear

2009

fDate

20-23 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

Abstract-The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of various antenna parameters to the down-link performance of the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. The network performance impacts of horizontal and vertical half-power beamwidths (HPBW) as well as downtilt angle of antenna systems are investigated. Cell coverage and capacity in different macro-cellular network scenarios for various combinations of antenna parameter configurations have been studied in terms of signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) performance and cell throughput. Simulation studies are performed for uniform UE distribution and full-buffer traffic by using LTE snap-shot simulator where propagation is modeled in three dimensions.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; antennas; cellular radio; 3GPP long term evolution networks; antenna parameter optimization space; antenna systems downtilt angle; cell coverage; horizontal half-power beamwidths; macro-cellular network; signal to interference plus noise ratio; vertical half-power beamwidths; Adaptive arrays; Antennas and propagation; Costs; Delay; Interference; Long Term Evolution; Performance analysis; Performance evaluation; Signal to noise ratio; Space technology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference Fall (VTC 2009-Fall), 2009 IEEE 70th

Conference_Location

Anchorage, AK

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2514-3

Electronic_ISBN

1090-3038

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.2009.5379077

Filename

5379077