Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Network architecture and protocols
- 3 Downlink access
- 4 Single-carrier FDMA
- 5 Reducing uplink signal peakiness
- 6 Transmit diversity
- 7 MIMO spatial multiplexing
- 8 Channel structure and bandwidths
- 9 Cell search and reference signals
- 10 Random access
- 11 Channel coding
- 12 Scheduling, link adaptation and hybrid ARQ
- 13 Power control
- 14 Uplink control signaling
- 15 Downlink control signaling
- 16 Inter-cell interference control
- 17 Single frequency network broadcast
- 18 Spatial channel model
- 19 LTE performance verification
- Index
16 - Inter-cell interference control
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 February 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Network architecture and protocols
- 3 Downlink access
- 4 Single-carrier FDMA
- 5 Reducing uplink signal peakiness
- 6 Transmit diversity
- 7 MIMO spatial multiplexing
- 8 Channel structure and bandwidths
- 9 Cell search and reference signals
- 10 Random access
- 11 Channel coding
- 12 Scheduling, link adaptation and hybrid ARQ
- 13 Power control
- 14 Uplink control signaling
- 15 Downlink control signaling
- 16 Inter-cell interference control
- 17 Single frequency network broadcast
- 18 Spatial channel model
- 19 LTE performance verification
- Index
Summary
An important requirement for the LTE system is improved cell-edge performance and throughput. This is to provide some level of service consistency in terms of geographical coverage as well as in terms of available data throughput within the coverage area. In a cellular system, however, the SINR disparity between cell-center and cell-edge users can be of the order of 20 dB. The disparity can be even higher in a coverage-limited cellular system. This leads to vastly lower data throughputs for the cell-edge users relative to cell-center users creating a large QoS discrepancy.
The cell-edge performance may be either noise-limited or interference-limited. In a noise-limited situation that typically occurs in large cells in rural areas, the performance can generally be improved by providing a power gain. The power gain can be achieved by using high-gain directional transmit antennas, increased transmit power, transmit beam-forming and receive beam-forming or receive diversity, etc. The total transmit power is generally dictated by regulatory requirements and hence limits the coverage gains possible due to increased transmit power.
The situation is different in small cells interference-limited cases, where, in addition to noise, inter-cell interference also contributes to degraded cell-edge SINR. In this case, providing a transmit power gain may not help because as the signal power goes up, the interference power also increases. This is assuming that with a transmit power gain all cells in the system will operate at a higher transmit power.
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- LTE for 4G Mobile BroadbandAir Interface Technologies and Performance, pp. 409 - 425Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2009
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