HSDPA flow level performance and the impact of terminal mobility

Author

Litjens, Remco

Author_Institution

Knowledge Innovation Center, TNO Telecom, Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

2005

fDate

13-17 March 2005

Firstpage

1657

Abstract

A flow level performance evaluation of data transfer in a UMTS/HSDPA network is presented with a principal focus on the performance impact of terminal mobility. Additional insights are provided regarding the comparison of packet schedulers. We demonstrate and intuitively explain that the flow level performance is non-monotonous in the terminal velocity, and advocate an outer loop link adaptation mechanism to improve the performance for higher velocities. The provided insights further indicate that excluding the flow level dynamics, that are apparent in real networks yet often neglected in performance studies, may lead to distorted conclusions.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; mobility management (mobile radio); packet radio networks; HSDPA flow level performance; UMTS; data transfer; mobile terminal velocity; network flow level dynamics; outer loop link adaptation mechanism; packet schedulers; terminal mobility effects; 3G mobile communication; Channel coding; Delay; Downlink; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Modulation coding; Multiaccess communication; Scheduling algorithm; Technological innovation; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2005 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8966-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2005.1424762

Filename

1424762