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Doc6-LTE Workshop - TUN - Session5 - Performance Evaluation PDF
Doc6-LTE Workshop - TUN - Session5 - Performance Evaluation PDF
ITU/BDTArab
ITU/BDT
Arab Regional Workshopon
Workshop on
4GWirelessSystems
LTETechnology
Session5:LTETechnology Perofrmance
Evaluation
Speakers
M.Lazhar BELHOUCHET
M Hakim EBDELLI
M.HakimEBDELLI
Date
27 29January 2010
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Agenda
FrequencyBandsandTypicaldeploymentareas
Layer1PeakBitRates
TerminalCategories
ReferenceSensitivity
LinkBudgets
Propagationmodel
Uplink link budget
Uplinklinkbudget
Downlinklinkbudgets
ComparisonbetweenGSM/HSPA/LTE
Latency
LTERefarmingtoGSMSpectrum
CapacityDimensioning
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Introduction
Performanceevaluation:LTEcapabilitiesfromtheendusers
p
p
andfromtheoperatorspointofview
Theoperatorisinterestedinthenetworkefficiency:
howmanycustomerscanbeserved,
howmuchdatacanbeprovidedandhowmanybasestationsitesare
required.
Theenduserapplicationperformancedependson:
Th
d
li i
f
d
d
availablebitrate,
latencyand
latency and
seamlessmobility
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FrequencyBands
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FrequencyBands:Typicaldeploymentareas
Europe:
Band7:The2.6GHzauctionshavebeenrunninginafewcountriesduring2007and
2008,andcontinueduring2009/2010.
Band8:iscurrentlyusedmostlybyGSM.Thebandisattractivefromacoverage
pointofviewduetothelowerpropagationlosses.ThebandcanbereusedforLTE
orforHSPA.
Band3:isalsousedbyGSM,butinmanycasesBand3isnotasheavilyusedby
GSMasBand8.ThatmakesrefarmingforLTEsimpler.
Digitaldividend
USA:Bands4,12,13,14and17.Bands2and5canbeusedforLTErefarming.
Japan:Bands1,9,11and18.
LTEdeploymentsgloballywilluseseveraldifferentfrequencybandsfromthe
start.
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PERFORMANCEEVALUATION
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Layer1PeakBitRates
Peak bit rate [ Mb / s ] =
controlandreferencesignaloverheads:
PDCCH:takesonesymboloutof14symbols.ThatistheminimumpossiblePDCCH
allocation The resulting control overhead is 7 1% ( = 1/14)
allocation.Theresultingcontroloverheadis7.1%(=1/14).
DownlinkReferenceSignals(RS)dependontheantennaconfiguration:Single
streamtransmissionuses2RSoutof14inevery3rdsubcarrier,2 2MIMO4
symbols and 4 4MIMO6symbols.Theoverheadvariesbetween4.8%and14.3%.
symbolsand4
4 MIMO 6 symbols The overhead varies between 4 8% and 14 3%
OtherdownlinksymbolsOverhead:synchronizationsignal,PBCH,PCFICH,andone
groupofPHICH.TheoverheaddependsontheBWrangingfrombelow1%at20
MHz to approximately 9% at 1 4 MHz
MHztoapproximately9%at1.4MHz.
Uplinkreferencesignalstake1symboloutof7symbolsresultinginanoverheadof
14.3%=1/7.
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Layer1PeakBitRates Cont.
BWRB/Subcarriers
Modulation Bits// MIMOusage 1.4MHz
andcoding symbol
6/72
3.0MHz
15/180
5.0MHz
25/300
10MHz
50/600
15MHz
75/900
20MHz
100/1200
QPSK1/2
Singlestream
0.9
2.2
3.6
7.2
10.8
14.4
16QAM1/2
Singlestream
1.7
4.3
7.2
14.4
21.6
28.8
16QAM3/4
Singlestream
2.6
6.5
10.8
21.6
32.4
43.2
64QAM3/4
4.5
Singlestream
3.9
9.7
16.2
32.4
48.6
64.8
64QAM1/1
Singlestream
5.2
13.0
21.6
43.2
64.8
86.4
64QAM3/4
2 2MIMO
7.8
19.4
32.4
64.8
97.2
129.6
64QAM1/1
Q
/
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2 2MIMO
10.4
25.9
43.2
86.4
129.6
172.8
64QAM1/1
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4 4MIMO
20.7
51.8
86.4
172.8
259.2
345.6
Downlink p
peak bit rates ((Mbps)
p )
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Layer1PeakBitRates Cont.
BWRB/Subcarriers
Modulation
andcoding
Bits/
MIMOusage
MIMO
usage 1.4MHz
1 4 MHz 3
3.0MHz
0 MHz 5.0MHz
5 0 MHz 10
10MHz
MHz 15MHz
15 MHz 20MHz
20 MHz
symbol
6/72
15/180 25/300 50/600 75/900 100/1200
QPSK1/2
Singlestream
0.9
2.2
3.6
7.2
10.8
14.4
16QAM1/2
Singlestream
1.7
4.3
7.2
14.4
21.6
28.8
16QAM3/4
Singlestream
2.6
6.5
10.8
21.6
32.4
43.2
16QAM 1/1
16QAM1/1
Single stream
Singlestream
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3.5
86
8.6
14 4
14.4
28 8
28.8
43 2
43.2
57 6
57.6
64QAM3/4
4.5
Singlestream
3.9
9.7
16.2
32.4
48.6
64.8
64QAM1/1
Singlestream
5.2
13.0
21.6
43.2
64.8
86.4
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TerminalCategories
Category1 Category2 Category3 Category4 Category5
10
10Mbps
5Mbps
25Mbps
50Mbps
50Mbps
75Mbps
MaxbitsreceivedwithinTTI
10296
51024
102048
149776
299552
MaxbitstransmittedwithinTTI
5160
25456
51024
51024
75376
RFbandwidth
20MHz
20MHz
20MHz
20MHz
20MHz
Modulation downlink
Modulationdownlink
64QAM
64QAM
64QAM
64QAM
64QAM
Modulationuplink
16QAM
16QAM
16QAM
16QAM
64QAM
Receiverdiversity
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
MIMOdownlink
Optional
2 2
2 2
2 2
4 4
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ReferenceSensitivity
Thereferencesensitivity
levelistheminimummean
receivedsignalstrength
appliedtoantennaportsat
whichthereissufficientSINR
forthespecifiedmodulation
scheme to meet a minimum
schemetomeetaminimum
throughputrequirementof
95%ofthemaximum
possible.
kTB:thermalnoiselevel,inunitsof
dBm,inthespecifiedbandwidth(B),
NF:noisefigureforthereceiver,
SINRisthesignaltointerferenceplus
noise requirement for the chosen
noiserequirementforthechosen
modulationandcodingscheme,
IMistheimplementationmargin
3dBrepresentsthediversitygain.
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ReferenceSensitivity
EUTRAreferencesensitivity
70.00
75.00
80.00
dBm
85.00
90.00
95.00
100.00
105.00
110.00
1.4
10
15
20
BandWidth [MHz]
BandWidth[MHz]
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QPSK1/8
QPSK1/5
QPSK1/4
QPSK1/3
QPSK1/2
QPSK2/3
QPSK3/4
QPSK4/5
16QAM1/2
16QAM2/3
16QAM3/4
Q
/
16QAM4/5
Q
/
64QAM2/3
Q
/
64QAM3/4
Q
/
64QAM4/5
Q
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LinkBudgets
Thelinkbudgetcalculationsestimatethemaximumallowed
g
signalattenuationbetweenthemobileandthebasestation
antenna.Themaximumpathlossallowsthemaximumcell
rangetobeestimatedwithasuitablepropagationmodel.
Thecellrangegivesthenumberofbasestationsitesrequired
tocoverthetargetgeographicalarea.
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LinkBudgets Propagationmodel
Apropagationmodeldescribestheaveragesignal
p p g
propagation,anditconvertsthemaximumallowed
,
propagationlosstothemaximumcellrange.
Itdependson:
Environment:urban,rural,denseurban,suburban,open,forest,sea
Distance
Frequency
atmosphericconditions
Indoor/outdoor
Examples:Freespace,WalfishIkegami,OkumuraHata,
g y
,
,
g
LongleyRice,Lee,Young
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LinkBudgets PropagationmodelCont.
HataModelforUrbanAreas:
Lu = 69.55 + 26.16 * log( f ) 13.82 * log(hB ) C H + [44.9 6.55 * log(hB )] * log(d )
Forsmallormediumsizedcity,
C H = 0.8 + (1.1* log( f ) 0.7) * hM 1.56 * log( f )
Forlargecities,
8.29 * (log(1.54 *h M ))2 1.1, if 150 f 200
CH =
3.2 * (log(11.75 * hM ))2 4.97, if 200 p f 1500
Parameters
Lu
hB
hM
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Unit
dB
m
m
Significance
PathlossinUrbanAreas
HeightofbasestationAntenna
HeightofmobilestationAntenna
Parameters
f
CH
d
Unit
MHz
dB
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FrequencyofTransmission
Antenna heightcorrectionfactor
DistancebetweenBasestationandMS
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LinkBudgets PropagationmodelCont.
Coverageevaluationwillbebasedonthethe
Ok
OkumuraHatapropagationmodelwiththe
H t
ti
d l ith th
parametersshownbelow:
Basestationantennaheight(m)
Mobileantennaheight(m)
Mobileantennagain(dBi)
Slowfadingstandarddeviation(dB)
Locationprobability
Correctionfactor(dB)
( )
Indoorloss(dB)
Slowfadingmargin(dB)
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80
1.5
0
8
95%
15
0
8.8
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Uplinklinkbudgets
Datarate(kbps)
Transmitter UE
a Maxtxpower(dBm)
(
)
b Txantennagain(dBi)
c Bodyloss(dB)
d EIRP(dBm)
Receiver BTS/NodeB/eNB
e NodeBnoisefigure(dB)
f Thermalnoise(dB)
g Receivernoise(dBm)
(
)
h SINR(dB)
i Receiver sensitivity
j Interferencemargin(dB)
k Cableloss(dB)
Cable loss (dB)
l Rxantennagain(dBi)
m Fast fademargin (dB)
n Softhandovergain(dB)
M i
Maximumpathloss
th l
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GSMvoice
12.2
HSPA
64
LTE
64
33
0
3
30
23
0
0
23
23
0
0
23
114
0
0
18
0
0
162
2
108.2
106.2
17.3
123.4
3
0
18
1.8
2
161 6
161.6
2
118.4
116.4
7
123.4
1
0
18
0
0
163 4
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Downlinklinkbudgets
a
b
c
d
e
f
g
h
i
j
k
l
m
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Downlink
Datarate(kbps)
Transmitter Node B
Txpower(dBm)
Txantennagain(dBi)
Cableloss(dB)
EIRP (dBm)
EIRP(dBm)
Receiver UE
UEnoisefigure(dB)
Thermalnoise(dB)
Receivernoisefloor(dBm)
SINR(dB)
Receiversensitivity(dBm)
Interferencemargin(dB)
g ( )
Controlchanneloverhead(%)
Rxantennagain(dBi)
Bodyloss(dB)
M i
Maximumpathloss
th l
GSMvoice
12.2
HSPA
1024
LTE
1024
44.5
18
2
60 5
60.5
46
18
2
62
46
18
2
62
119.7
104
0
0
0
3
161 5
161.5
7
108.2
101.2
5.2
106.4
4
20
0
0
163 4
163.4
7
104.5
97.5
9
106.5
4
20
0
0
163 5
163.5
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LinkbudgetsComparisonGSM/HSPA/LTE
MaximumpathlossvaluesforGSMvoiceandHSPAandLTEdata
180
175
170
165
dB 160
155
150
145
140
GSMvoice
HSPA1Mbps/64kbps
Uplink
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LTE1Mbps/64kbps
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LinkbudgetsComparisonGSM/HSPA/LTE
TheLTElinkbudgetindownlinkhasseveralsimilaritieswithHSPAandthe
maximumpathlossissimilar.
Theuplinkparthassomedifferences:smallerinterferencemargininLTE,nomacro
h
l k
h
d ff
ll
f
diversitygaininLTEandnofastfadingmargininLTE.
ThelinkbudgetsshowthatLTEcanbedeployedusingexistingGSMandHSPAsites
assumingthatthesamefrequencyisusedforLTEasforGSMandHSPA.
LTEitselfdoesnotprovideanymajorboostinthecoverage.Thatisbecausethe
transmissionpowerlevelsandtheRFnoisefiguresarealsosimilarinGSMand
HSPAtechnologies,andthelinkperformanceatlowdataratesisnotmuch
differentinLTEthaninHSPA.
Thelinkbudgetwascalculatedfor64kbpsuplink,whichislikelynotahighenough
dataratefortruebroadbandservice.Ifwewanttoguaranteehigherdataratesin
LTE,wemayneedlowfrequencydeployment,additionalsites,activeantenna
solutionsorlocalareasolutions.
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CellrangeComparison
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CellrangeswithOkumuraHata
propagation model
propagationmodel
100
10
Km
Theurbancellrangevariesfrom
0.6kmto1.4kmandsuburban
from1.5kmto3.4km.
Suchcellrangesarealsotypically
foundinexistingGSMandUMTS
g
networks.
Theruralcaseshowsclearly
higher cell ranges: 26 km for the
highercellranges:26kmforthe
outdoormobilecoverageand
evenupto50kmfortherural
f d
fixedinstallationat900MHz.
ll
0.1
900MHz
1800MHz
2100MHz
Urbanindoor
Suburbanindoor
Ruraloutdoor
Ruraloutdoorfixed
2600MHz
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Differencebetween900MHzand2600MHz
Urban
Rural
Ruralfixed
wireless
+14dB
+14dB
+14dB
3
3dB
dB (2)
0 dBc
0dBc
0 dB (3)
0dB
+1dB
+3dB
+3dB
Propagationloss (1)
UEantenna gain
0dB (6)
UEsensitivity (7)
1dB
1dB
1dB
Total
+6dB
+11dB
+16dB
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1:AccordingtoOkumuraHata.
2:Shared1.3mantennafor
900/2600giving15and18dBi
/
d d
gainat900vs2600MHz.
3:2.5mantennagiving18dBigainat
900MHz.
4:Cable1/2.Urban30mandrural
100m.
5:Basedon3GPPRAN4
contributions.
6:Externalfixedantennaassumed.
7:UEsensitivitycanbeupto3dB
worseat900MHzbutthe
difference in practice is less.
differenceinpracticeisless.
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CellrangeLimitation
Theearthscurvaturelimitsthemaximumcellrangeto
pp
y
g
approximately40kmwithan80mhighbasestationantenna
assumingthattheterminalisatgroundlevel.
ThemaximumcellrangecanbecalculatedwithEquation
below
Toachieve100kmcellrange,therequiredantennaheightis
580m!!!
R = 8650 km
(Effective earth radius for
radio propagation is
4/3 larger than real radius)
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R 2 + d 2 = ( R + h) 2
h = R2 + d 2 R
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Latency
Userplanelatencyisrelevantfortheperformanceofmany
pp
applications.
Thereareseveralapplicationsthatdonotrequireaveryhigh
datarate,buttheydorequireverylowlatency:voice,real
timegaming,interactiveapplications.
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Latency:Endtoenddelaybudget
Delaycomponent
Transmissiontimeuplink +
downlink
Bufferingtime(0.5
transmissiontime)
2ms
Retransmissions10%
2 0.1 8ms=1.6ms
0.5 5ms=2.5ms
4ms
UE d l
UEdelayestimated
i
d
4
4ms
eNodeBdelayestimated
4ms
Corenetwork
Totaldelaywithpreallocated
ld l
h
ll
d
resources
Totaldelaywithscheduling
1ms
25
Delayvalue
2 0.5 1ms=1ms
13.6ms
20.1ms
Onaverage,thepacketneedstowait
for0.5msforthestartofthenext
frame
frame.
Theretransmissionstake8msatbest
theassumedretransmission
probabilityis10%.
Theaveragedelayforsendingthe
scheduling request is 2 5 ms
schedulingrequestis2.5ms
Schedulinggrant:4ms.
UEprocessingdelay:4ms,
p
g
y
,
eNodeB processingdelay:4ms
corenetworkdelay:1ms.
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Endtoendroundtriptimeincludingschedulinglatency
LTEroundtriptime
25
20
Core
eNB
15
UE
Uplinkschedulinggrant
Uplink scheduling request
Uplinkschedulingrequest
10
Retransmissions
Bufferingtime
Transmissiontime
0
Delayvalue
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LTERefarmingtoGSMSpectrum
LTEcouldbedeployedintheexistingGSMspectrum
like 900 MHz or 1800 MHz
like900MHzor1800MHz.
TheflexibleLTEbandwidthmakesrefarmingeasier
th
thanwithWCDMAbecauseLTEcanstartwith1.4
ith WCDMA b
LTE
t t ith 1 4
MHzor3.0MHzbandwidthsandthengrowlater
whentheGSMtraffichasdecreased.
h th GSM t ffi h d
d
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LTErefarmingtoGSMspectrum Example
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DimensioningCapacity Trafficvolumebasedapproach
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Thebusyhourisassumedtocarry
15%ofthedailytraffic
thebusyhouraverageloadingis50%.
h b
h
l d
Thecalculationshowsthatthetotal
sitethroughputpermonthis4600
GB.
Tooffer5GBdataforevery
subscriberpermonth,thenumberof
subscriberspersitewillbe920.
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DimensioningCapacity Dataratebasedapproach
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Target:1Mbpspersubscriber.
Sinceonlysomeofthe
subscribersaredownloadingdata
simultaneously,wecanapplyan
overbookingfactor,forexample
g
,
p
20.
Itmeansthattheaveragebusy
hour data rate is 50 kbps per
hourdatarateis50kbpsper
subscriber.
Thenumberofsubscribersper
siteusingthisapproachis1050.
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Thanks foryour
for your Attention
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ANNEXES
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ULlinkbudgetparametersforLTE Parameters1
R f LTE for
Ref.
f UMTS OFDMA and
d SC
SC-FDMA
FDMA Based
B
d Radio
R di Access
A
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ULlinkbudgetparametersforLTE Parameters2
R f LTE for
Ref.
f UMTS OFDMA and
d SC
SC-FDMA
FDMA Based
B
d Radio
R di Access
A
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ULlinkbudgetparametersforLTE Parameters3
R f LTE for
Ref.
f UMTS OFDMA and
d SC
SC-FDMA
FDMA Based
B
d Radio
R di Access
A
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DLlinkbudgetparametersforLTE Parameters1
R f LTE for
Ref.
f UMTS OFDMA and
d SC
SC-FDMA
FDMA Based
B
d Radio
R di Access
A
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DLlinkbudgetparametersforLTE Parameters2
R f LTE for
Ref.
f UMTS OFDMA and
d SC
SC-FDMA
FDMA Based
B
d Radio
R di Access
A
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