LTE 4x4 MIMO Trial

(LTE 1800/850)

RF OPTIMIZATION NORTH
4x4 Mimo: Executive Summary
MIMO (multi-input/multi-output) can be technically defined as parallel transmission of multiple streams over air interface.

Motivation: Enhancement of radio capacity by increasing number of parallel streams.

Air Interface(2 Parralel Streams) Air Interface(4 Parralel Streams)

 Transmit Diversity: Same data is sent on both the
Codeword 1A
streams to improve decoding rate Codeword 1

Codeword 1B

 Spatial Multiplexing: Diffrent data is sent in parallel to Codeword 2 Codeword 2A

Codeword 2B
improve user data throughput
Transmit Diversity/Spacial Multiplexing Transmit Diversity/Spacial Multiplexing
Pros & Cons: 2x2 Mimo 4x4 Mimo
 Advantage: Improved Data Experience
 Disadvantage: More Equipment Required (as compared to legacy LTE 2x2 setup)
Gains:

4x2 DL User Throughput 4x2 Data Volume 4x4 DL User Throughput

20 to 30% Improved 15 to 30% Increase 84% Improved

4x4 Mimo: Trial Details
Cell Selection:
Cells with High PRB utilization had been selected, one from each
layer (i.e. L850 & L1800)

Equipment Requirment:
• Spatial Diversity: Diversity, antenna & RRU
• Cross Feeder: 4 port antenna & RRU

eIIB0192-LTE1800: Islamabad eISW0022-LTE850: Swat

Implementation Techniques:

Spatial Diversity: Requires diversity frame with minimum

over 1 meter separation
D*
Cross Feeder: Has better SINR gains and does not
require diversity mounts.

Spatial Diversity Cross Feeder

4x4 Mimo: KPI Benchmarking
LTE-1800 2x2 Vs 4x4 (field testing): PRE

POST

 84% Gain in Average DL throughput

 7.1% Gain in Average UL throughput

*87% Gain in Peak DL Throughput

2x2 Vs 4x2 (OSS KPIs): DL Throughput (Mbps) UL Throughput (Mbps)

 LTE1800 (3Mhz) : 28% gain in Throughput & Payload each

 LTE850 (5Mhz) : 20% & 16% gain in Throughput & Payload respectively

2x2 4x4 Delta Gain

Cell
DL User Throughput (Mbps) DL Cell Volume (GB) DL User Throughput (Mbps) DL Cell Volume (GB) DL User Throughput (Mbps) DL Cell Volume (GB)
eIIB0192_DCS1800 2.09 13.37 2.66 17.13 28% 28%
eISW0022 3.30 21.05 3.97 24.42 20% 16%

*UpLink Throughput Gains: 4% and 15% in LTE1800 & LTE850 respectively

Conclusion

 4x4 MIMO significantly enhances user experience for supporting LTE handsets (almost doubled)

 Noticeable Improvement also observed for legacy handsets (2x2MIMO) due to improved SINR for cell edge users

 Does not increase LTE cell “capacity” as such (like cell splitting) for legacy handsets
 Cell Footprint is not impacted; equally useful for cases where users are not equally spread in the cell

 Recommended (few) further deployments in AJK to further analyze the gains in legacy LTE handsets performance.
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