Experimental Evaluation of Transmitted Signal Distortion Caused by Power Allocation in Inter-Cell Interference Coordination Techniques for LTE/LTE-A and 5G Systems

Hernandez-Solana, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; García-Dúcar, P. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Valdovinos, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Garcia, J. E. ; De Mingo, J. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Carro, P. L. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Error vector magnitude (EVM) and out-of-band emissions are key metrics for evaluating in-band and out-band distortions introduced by all potential non-idealities in the transmitters of wireless systems. As EVM is a measure of the quality of the modulated signal/symbols, LTE/LTE-A and 5G systems specify mandatory EVM requirements in transmission for each modulation scheme. This paper analyzes the influence of the mandatory satisfaction of EVM requirements on the design of radio resource management strategies (RRM) (link adaptation, inter-cell interference coordination), specifically in the downlink (DL). EVM depends on the non-idealities of the transmitter implementations, on the allocated power variations between the subcarriers and on the selected modulations. In the DL of LTE, link adaptation is usually executed by adaptive modulation and coding (AMC) instead of power control, but some flexibility in power allocation remains being used. LTE specifies some limits in the power dynamic ranges depending on the allocated modulation, which ensures the satisfaction of EVM requirements. However, the required recommendations concerning the allowed power dynamic range when inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) and enhanced ICIC (eICIC) mechanisms (through power coordination) are out of specification, even though the EVM performance should be known to obtain the maximum benefit of these strategies. We perform an experimental characterization of the EVM in the DL under real and widely known ICIC implementation schemes. These studies demonstrate that an accurate analysis of EVM is required. It allows a better adjustment of the design parameters of these strategies, and also allows the redefinition of the main criteria to be considered in the implementation of the scheduler/link adaptation concerning the allocable modulation coding scheme (MCS) in each resource block. © 2013 IEEE.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2022.3170910

Año: 2022

Publicado en: IEEE Access 10 (2022), 47854-47868
ISSN: 2169-3536

Factor impacto JCR: 3.9 (2022)

Categ. JCR: COMPUTER SCIENCE, INFORMATION SYSTEMS rank: 73 / 158 = 0.462 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 41 / 88 = 0.466 (2022) - Q2 - T2
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 100 / 274 = 0.365 (2022) - Q2 - T2

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 9.0 - Engineering (Q1) - Computer Science (Q1) - Materials Science (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 0.926 - Computer Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Materials Science (miscellaneous) (Q1) - Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T31-20R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU-ERDF/RTI2018-095684-B-I00
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MCIU-ERDF/RTI2018-099063-B-I00

Tipo y forma: Article (Published version)

Área (Departamento): Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)
Área (Departamento): Área Ingeniería Telemática (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)