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also feature facilitating advanced radio resource management functionalities, with special
emphasis on flexibility and opportunism, and advanced antenna
techniques, where multiple antennas and multi-cell MIMO techniques will be applied. LTE-
Advanced will support peak data rates of 1 Gbps for the downlink, and a minimum of 100 Mbps
for the uplink. The target uplink data rate, however, is 500 Mbps. For latencies, the requirements
are 50 ms for idle to connected and 10 ms for dormant to connected. The system will be
optimized for 0190 km/h mobility, and will support up to 500 km/h, depending on operating
band. For spectral efficiency, LTE-Advanced requirements generally exceed those of IMT
Advanced, for example, the system targets a peak of 30 bps/Hz for the downlink and 15 bps/Hz
for the uplink, while average spectrum efficiency (bps/Hz/cell) are expected to reach 3.7 (4 4
configuration) for the downlink and 2.0 (2 4 configuration) for the uplink. Support for both
TDD and FDD, including half duplex FDD, will be made possible. The following spectrum
bands are targeted.
WiMAX2 or IEEE 802.16m is the advance version of WiMAX which is based on its previous
version IEEE 802.16e with added features such as it supports 300 Mbps data rates with mobility
whereas 802.16.2-2004 supports data rate of 100 Mbps. Therefore, IEEE 802.11 can increase
VoIP capacity with low latency to meet the requirement of 4G (International telecommunication
union). WiMAX forum has name IEEE 802.16m as WiMAX2. WiMAX2 uses the OFDM
(orthogonal frequency division multiplex) and other advance antenna technology like MIMO
(multiple inputs and multiple outputs) for better performance. The main purpose of IEEE
802.16m WiMAX standard is to improve spectral efficiency, improve VoIP capacity, handover,
and speed coverage range. The IEEE 802.16m works with the radio frequency range from 2 to 6
GHz as well as it also supports scalable bandwidth of range 5 to 20MHz.
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Throughput supposes to be at least three times more than the existing IEEE 802.16e or
mobile WiMAX.
Mobility support should extend to 350 km/h
Single user and multi user MIMO for throughput enhancement
New and enhance RS which provides better throughput capability with MIMO
It support multi cast and broadcast services
Enhanced energy efficiency enabled for power savings
It supports femtocells which are low power base station (BS) to enhance the coverage.
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successfully simulated and studied. OPNET Modeller, version 16.0 is used for simulations and
all the models used in this research are based on features available or added to OPNET Modeller.
The performance of a LTE Advanced communication system is also based on some assumptions
as IEEE 802.16m relay station which support advance antenna technology like MIMO (Multiple
input multiple output) and directional antennas and it also will have the capability to work as full
fledge BS (Base Station). These enhanced features are not supported by OPNET Modeller 16.0.
To make the LTE Advanced relay system more competitive and applicable to meet the QoS
demands, LTE Advanced RS has been considered as a promising solution for throughput and
coverage enhancement. There are many open issues regarding cost effective deployment and
enhanced QoS need to be considered including: The main responsibility of RSs to work as
middle node and regulate the data transmission between the BS and Subscriber Stations (SSs).
As discussed earlier, RS are used to extend coverage of BS by placing RS at cell edge or
boundary where BS signals start to fades and there is no direct link between BS and SS or link
quality for the user out of the boundary is not very strong to communicate. To cover the cell area,
normally four relay stations are used to provide services to the users out of the range of BS,
however four relay stations can provide better QoS but overall cost also increase. In order to get
better QoS as well minimize overall cost, RS should need to be placed at in cost effective manner
so better results could be achieved as well as save the overall cost.
Another important aspect should need to consider for network performance evaluation
measurement by improving the QoS standards in different RS usage scenarios such as multihop,
with three and with four RS in order to compare the performance with throughput and delay
parameters to maximize the overall system capacity.
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To investigate different methods and techniques for RS deployment in order to cut down
the costs.
To understand the different problems in maintaining cost effective deployment of RS.
To investigate and analyse different QoS characteristics such as throughput, network load
and end to end delay.
To investigate and evaluate different techniques to improve overall system performance
which provides guaranteed QoS.
To assess published major approaches (through literature review) on LTE Advanced RS
planning and optimization.
To investigate advance antenna technology and MIMO to further improve coverage and
throughput in WiMAX2.
To investigate and implement an efficient way to reduce delay and enhance throughput to
meet the QoS standard in 802.16m.
1.2 Relay Stations (RS)
Relay stations enhance the capacity, throughput and coverage area of BS (Base station) in the
technologies like WiMAX-2 and LTE. At early stages, relay stations were used to work as
repeaters, and their primary task was to boost the signals received from BS. However, the
booster did not have the capability to remove errors, increase throughput for long distance
communication and also cause inter cell interference. But, after the introduction of IEEE 802.16j
which is the first standard for relay station, various new features are added in RS to enhance the
functionality of the relay stations making them much more intelligent devices to work well with
BS and provide better performance to end users. The RS is capable of boosting the signal and
also it has some extra features like compression and decompression, error correction, and DF
(decode and forward). In LTE Advanced relay stations are either deployed at the cell edge to
extended coverage area or they are deployed within the cell to relay the BS signal into coverage
holes. Relay stations provide a cost effective, low coverage and easy to install solution for
coverage area extension and to eliminate coverage holes. Multi-hop wireless networks use two or
more relays to provide services to the users which are out of the range of BS. Instead of
installing multiple BS, use of multiple relay stations is a very cost effective solution. Relay
stations are very useful to ensure QoS in LTE Advanced as they increase coverage area,
eliminate coverage holes, increase throughput and capacity of the network. The figure above
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shows the operation of relay stations in a LTE Advanced network. Here RS of NTR-RS (non
transparent relay station) is used to extend the coverage are as it installed at the edge of the cell
and relay stations of TR-RS (transparent relay station) are used to eliminate the coverage hole as
they are deployed within the cells where signal are obstructed, possibly by tall building or
mountains or base signal signals are not strong enough to communicate.
Fig.1.1 Operation of relay stations in a LTE Advanced network
The link from BS to Rs called relay link and from SS (subscriber station) to RS called
access link.
2.9 Overview of LTE Advanced Relay station
The RS technology works as middle node as it transmits the BS data to SS which is can be out of
the range of BS or in the area where signal strength is very low. The RS are widely used in all
the main todays wireless technologies such LTE advance and WiMAX2 A RS does not have
backhaul connectivity as it get the signal from BSs in line of sight connectivity and it can be
connected with a BS through a wired, leased cable or radio link [2]. There are two types of
connections in RS communication known as access link and relay link which can be further
define as, the communication path between RS and BS is called a relay link where
communication is possible from BS to RS or RS to BS. The second path can be described as the
communication path between RS and EN is called access link. The main advantage of RS is to
extend the coverage, throughput and minimize the coverage gaps. The BS usually covered a cell
territory, however in NLOS communication due to tall buildings, forest and mountains can cause
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in coverage gap where RS can be used to fill the gap and improve overall system performance.
There are different types of scenarios in wireless communication where RS plays vital role to
overcome and provide better performance, some of the key factors are:
Low coverage due to poor SNR at the cell boundary.
Less coverage or very low signal reception in dense urban area
Cost of BS deployment too high in rural area.
RS can be deployed at the edge of the cell to extend the coverage or top of the building
in NLOS communication of BS for EN.
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In this technique RS compress the data before forwarding to EN or users. It is assumed that MS
also have direct transmission from BS. This technique can perform better if there is direct
transmission from BS to EN without using RS.
2.10.4 Adaptive Forwarding
This is additional technique used in new wireless standards such as 3GPP LTE and
IEEE802.16m. In this technique the methods of transmission can be changed depends on the
channel state information of both access link and relay link.
2.10.5 Pairing Schemes for Selection of Relay
There are two types of pairing schemes which can be used in selection process of RS when more
than two RS exist in the same cell.
2.10.6 Centralized Pairing Scheme
The BS collects information from all the neighboring RS and subscriber stations for paring of RS
with mobile stations because BS have full access to all the RS and subscriber stations within the
cell and range of BS. This scheme works with transparent RS mode and BSs updates pairing
information frequently.
2.10.7 Distributed Pairing Scheme
In this scheme, RS used two mechanisms for pairing with subscriber stations which are
Contention based mechanism
Local channel information In this pairing scheme BS has no fully access on all the
subscriber stations because
in this scheme paring scheme handled by non transparent RS for selection and communication.
2.10.8 Architecture of Relay Station
To understand the architecture of RS there are two basic fundamental can be used which are:
Firstly, whether BS has awareness about nearest RS or not, if BS knows nothing about
RS then RS integration with service area is simpler, no change to the BS and no special
signaling between BS and RS are required. Here RS only act as a helper to the BS and it
poses no burden over BS. Earlier cellular systems such as GSM (global system for
mobile communication) used this kind of RS also called repeaters.
Secondly, Two kinds of characteristics are popular in relay types which are DF and
second one is amplify and forward (AF), each has their own merits and demerits and
hence the use. Generally, AF equipment is less expensive than decode and forward
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1.5 Research Design
The author divided the whole research thesis into four stages.
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The knowledge background developed in the literature phase is put together to develop and build
simulation. Different scenarios are developed according to the requirements of the problems and
are simulated.
4) Result Analysis
The last stage and important and most of the time is given to this stage. Results obtained from
simulation are analyzed carefully and on the basis of analysis, conclusions are drawn.
5) Simulation Tool
QUALNET tool is selected to carry out the simulation. QUALNET provide technologies,
protocols, communication devices for academic research, assessment and improvement. It is
efficient, robust and highly reliable which grant the user the ease of graphical interface,
developing and running the simulation and validation of the results.
6) Simulation Statistics
In QUALNET there are two kinds of statistics, one is Object statistics and the other is Global
statistics. Object statistics can be defined as the statistics that can be collected from the
individual nodes. On the other hand Global statistics can be collected from the entire network.
When someone choose the desired statistics then run the simulation to record the statistics.
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Chapter 2
Background and Literature Review
Khan Mubeen Ahmed et al., [1] here author performed analysis of RS in WiMax networks by
using bandwidth allocation algo(BWA). Light WiMax simulator (LWX) is used for simulation
purpose. This paper focuses on wireless access as it is flexible and cost effective .RS are used in
order to extend the range of base stations for long distances .Various simulation parameters such
as routing protocol (AODV),transmission protocol(TCP) ,simulation time (300sec) etc are taken
in order to analyze the performance of RS.
Ehab H.Abdelhay et al.,[2] in this paper LTE-A multihop networks are used to satisfy the
requirements of coverage and capacity in minimum cost . Resource blocks (RB),adaptive
modulation and coding (AMC) schemes are used for zero multi-hop links overflow and for
maximizing network throughput with low bit error rate respectively.this paper mainly focus on
position of RS in LTE-A cell and for improving network performance and minimizes
asymmetric multi hop links data overflow.
Arra Ashok et al., [3] in this paper author introduced LTE-A and its various standards and
technical aspects. It is a radio platform technology .carrier aggregation scheme is employed to
fully utilize the wider bandwidth of up to 100 MHz .Antenna system and relaying are also used
to enhance the performance of radio communication and LTE.LTE-A works on providing
various world wide functionality such as roaming effects ,interworking, service of compatibility
etc .
Seonghwa Yun et al., [4] here author uses DRX mechanism (or discontinuous receive) for
energy efficient relay selection scheme. Relay energy efficiency metric is used .Two relay
selection schemes SNR-based and random selection are employed in Discrete Time Markov
Chain (DMTC) model of DRX .This paper shows high energy efficiency is achieved with
tolerable delay .
Naveed Ahmed et al., [5] in this paper author introduced Efficient Deployment of Relay
Stations in IEEE802.16m in order to achieve Cost Effective Performance.for this purpose author
uses Adaptive Modulation and Coding; Relay Station; Directional Antenna.He used three cells ,
each being divided into three sectors.he had efficiently placed 3 relay stations instead of 4 to
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cover the cell territory of a base station. He used Adaptive modulation and coding scheme based
on QPSK with the coding rate of and directional antennas are used to simulate the topology in
OPNET.
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2.2 LTE System Architecture
3GPP LTE system are designed to ensure a seamless Internet Protocol (IP) based connectivity
between UE and core network. The main component of LTE system architecture includes UE,
Radio-Access Network (RAN), Evolved Packet Core (EPC), while the combination of LTE RAN
and EPC is known as Evolved Packet System (EPS) as shown in figure 2.1.
1. Core Network
EPC is the evolution of GSM and WCDMA core network. Its flat architecture enables high
throughput services with lower latency level. The EPC consists of different logical nodes which
are briefly described below [4].
- Mobility Management Entity (MME) acting as control plane node of EPC, which is responsible
for handling the security keys and control the signaling between the UE and EPC. Serving
Gateway (S-GW) is the user-plane node acting as a mobility anchor point between EPC and LTE
RAN. It provides connectivity to other 3GPP technologies such as GSM/GPRS and HSPA.
Packet Data Network Gateway (P-GW) is responsible for connecting EPC to the internet.
It also allocates the IP address to UEs. The P-GW is acting an mobility anchor point
between EPC and non-3GPP radio-access technologies, such as CDMA2000.
Policy and Charging Rules Function (PCRF) controls the quality-of-service (QoS) and
charging.
Home Subscriber Service (HSS) is a database node contains the subscriber related
information.
Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Services (MBMS) implants the multicast/ broadcast
services in cellular systems in parallel with unicast services.
2. Access Network
The LTE radio-access network posses flat architecture, consists of Evolved Node B (eNB). It
handles all the radio-related functionalities of cellular network. The eNB uses S1 interface to
connect with EPC. It also connects with its neighbouring eNB via X2 interface, to enable
seamless active-mode mobility [4]. The EPC uses SGi interface to connect with internet.
3. Radio Protocol Architecture
A 3GPP LTE radio-access protocols comprised of a layered architecture offering radio bearers
for carrying the IP packets as described below [4].
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Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) execute the IP header compression, to
transmit with less number of bits over the radio interface. It also perform the ciphering
and ensures the security of transmitted data. There is one PDCP entity per radio bearer
configured for a terminal.
Radio Link Control (RLC) handles the segmentation/concatenation and retransmission
of data. It offers services to the higher layers (PDCP) in the form of radio bearers. There
is one RLC entity per radio bearer configured for a terminal.
Medium Access Control (MAC) controls the multiplexing of logical channels. MAC
layer is also responsible for hybrid-ARQ retransmissions and scheduling. It provides
services to RLC layer.
Physical Layer (PHY) is responsible for typical physical layer functions such as
coding/decoding, modulation/demodulation etc. It provides services to MAC layer.
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and transition should be less than 100 ms and 50 ms respectively. The user-plane latency is
defined as the required one-way transmit time for Internet Protocol (IP) packet from UE to Radio
Access Network (RAN) edge node or vice versa.
2. System performance
a. Throughput
The LTE systems seeks to enable a uniform user experience over the cell area, by improving the
cell edge performance. Comparatively, it provides 2 to 3 times of HSDPA Release 6 cell-edge
user throughput in DL while 2 to 3 times of HSUPA in UL. In terms of averaged user
throughput, it is 3 to 4 times of HSDPA Release 6 in DL while 2 to 3 times of HSUPA in UL.
b. Spectrum efficiency
In DL case, LTE aims to achieve 3 to 4 times the spectrum efficiency of HSDPA Release 6, with
2 Tx and Rx antennas at the Node B and UE, respectively. While for UL, it is 2 to 3 times of
Release HSUPA 6. It has the ability to coexist with the earlier 3GPP technologies.
c. Mobility
The LTE allow the user mobility across cellular network. It needs to provides best performance
with good quality of service at low speed (0-15 km/h) as well as at high speed (15 to 20 km/h)
mobility.
d. Coverage
The LTE system should attain the performance targets for 5 km of cell radius in terms of
throughput, spectral efficiency and mobility. However, there might be a minor degradation in
throughput and spectral efficiency for 30 km cell range.
- Enhanced MBMS
The LTE system should allow the simultaneous provisioning of voice calls and Multimedia
Broadcast/Multicast Services (MBMS). The MBMS enables the multicast/broadcast services in
the mobile cellular networks.
3. Spectrum allocation
The LTE system support the inter-system handover with the existing deployed GSM and UMTS
networks under the constraint of acceptable impact on terminal complexity. Moreover, it should
operates in both, paired and unpaired spectrum, i.e. Frequency Division Duplexing (FDD) and
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Time Division Duplexing (TDD). It also provides bandwidth scalability to operate at different
frequency bandwidth i.e. 1.25, 1.6, 2.5, 5, 10, 15, 20 MHz.
4. Architecture
Though having all IP based architecture, LTE system also needs to support real time and
conversational class traffic. Comparatively, LTE reduces the number of network interfaces
exiting in other technologies, such as, Evolved Node B (eNB) is the only radio interface between
the UE and Core Network (CN), which acts as base station reducing the network signaling and
jitters.
5. Cost
The Self-organizing Network (SON) features will enable the LTE systems of doing the self-
configuration and self-optimization of its network which will reduce the network planning and
optimization cost.
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In this model, the initial resource channel of the system is divided into two main resource
sections, called as Macro Sub-Channel and Femto Sub-Channel to support macrocell and
femtocell users respectively. Each of the network sub-channels includes a number of component
carriers (CCs) which are positioned into the spectrum band, as is shown in Figure 3-4.
To remove the coverage holes in homogeneous networks, picocells are generally used with a
coverage area between 40-75 meters, and an omnidirectional antenna with about 5dBi antenna
gain provides indoor coverage to users in public places e.g. schools, airports, etc. [52]. However
on the other hand, femtocells with 10-25 meters coverage and 10-100 mW power are used as
access points (APs) in home applications, which operate in licensed spectrum that is managed by
mobile operators. Femtocells connect to the cellular network via broadband communication
links, e.g. digital subscriber line (DSL) to enable fixed mobile convergence (FMC) [53].
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like HSPA and UMTS. However, in conventional LTE systems, due to the lack of RNC, this idea
has not been applicable.
On the other hand, in distributed coordination architecture, there is direct coordination among the
adjacent base stations to allocate appropriate resources to the users, especially the cell edge
users, as well as to mitigate inter-cell interference. The coordination is established through the
LTE interfaces X2 and S1 in evolved universal terrestrial radio access network (E-UTRAN)
platform [55]. The LTE X2 interface is used to make a direct communication between different
eNodeBs to exchange signalling information when needed, while a full mesh is not mandated
within an E-UTRAN network. The X2 interface is mainly used to exchange two types of
information: load/interference-related information and handover-related information. In addition
to this, LTE S1 interface is widely used for eNodeBs in SON networks to communicate with the
mobility management entity (MME) and serving gateway (S-GW) in the evolved packet core
(EPC) unit. Each of the X2 and S1 interfaces are split into two interfaces of control plane, and
user plane, which are based on stream control transmission protocol/IP (SCTP/IP), and general
packet radio service (GPRS) tunnelling and user datagram protocols (GTP/UDP5/IP) stacks
respectively [56]. At the proposed internal interfaces, as shown in Figure 3-5, the X2 interface is
used to communicate with the macrocell stations (eNodeBs), but obviously this X2
implementation is not applicable to directly link the femtocell stations (HeNodeBs), because of
their diversity and personal indoor implementation
Figure 3-5: Interfaces map for macro and femto tiers in LTE-A network
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As a solution to link the fomtocells to the systems, the HeNodeB gateway (HeNB GW) is
proposed to be added into the system, as well as the existing MME/S-GW units for the femto tier
within EPC. Therefore, the S1 interface is used to initiate communication between HeNBs and
HeNB GW, as well as the MME/S-GW units [57]. LTE-A femtocells nodes use orthogonal
frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) air interface technology in cooperation with the
existing eNodeBs within the HetNets [51].
Figure 3-6 shows the S1 interface set in macro-femto interfaces, including the proposed
gateways and units. The HeNB nodes communicate with EPC module via S1-U and S1-MME
interfaces, while the HeNodeB gateway and management system entities and serving gateway
are relaying the packets from and to the femtocell stations.
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station interferes with another femtocell user, because of using the same sub-band, which is
called Co-Tier Interference. The second interference category is when a macrocell (or
femtocell) station interferes with a femtocell (or macrocell) user because of using the same sub-
band, which is called Cross-Tier Interference. Figure 3-7 shows the example scenarios of these
interference possibilities in frequency reuse. In practical assumptions, because of considering
macrocells as long-range base stations, the macro-to-macro co-tier interference is avoided in
practice, due to the long distances between the macrocell base stations.
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Figure 3-8: Strict fractional frequency reuse scheme
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Figure 3-9: Soft fractional frequency reuse scheme
Figure 3-10 shows the sub-channel allocation for the cells 1, 2 and 3, using the power (p) versus
frequency (f). It can be observed in this figure, for example in the hexagonal cell 1, both the
macrocell in the cell centre and femtocell in the cell edge use F1 and F3 sub-bands, which could
result in cross-tier interference, especially in the centre-border transition area. Therefore, it is
also required for the sub-channel allocations, even in soft frequency reuse, to consider the cross-
tier interference, as well as co-tier interference.
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Figure 3-10: Sub-channel allocation function in soft frequency reuse
3.4.3.3. Hybrid Fractional Frequency Reuse (HFFR) Scheme
As is previously discussed in soft FFR scheme, the co-tier interference is reduced due to the
dynamic sub-channel allocation, but on the other hand, the cross-tier interference still remains
and requires mitigation. Therefore, the hybrid fractional frequency reuse (HFFR) scheme is
proposed, which consists of both co-channel and orthogonal deployments for a two-tier network
[58].
Figure 3-11shows the orthogonal resource allocation for macrocell and femtocell tiers in the
proposed technique. At the first stage, the soft FFR is applied and the cell-centre nodes are
allocated with sub-channels from different sub-bands, as well as the cell-edge nodes. In addition
to this, the macrocell and femtocell tiers (including the cell-centre and cell-edge users) are
allocated with sub-bands in an orthogonal way similar to OFDMA. Therefore, the cross-tier
interference is also mitigated when the macrocells and femtocells with the same sub-bands
follow the orthogonal allocations.
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Figure 3-11: Resource allocation for macrocell and femtocell in HFFR
This approach comes from a similar idea in dealing with intra-frequency/intra-cell interference,
which is normally avoided inside the cells due to the orthogonality between subcarriers in
OFDMA. The quality of some reference signals received by UE also plays a great role in
resource allocation of LTE networks. These reference signals in LTE are reference signal
received power (RSRP) and reference signal received quality (RSRQ) and each user is assigned
part of the spectrum based on these two signals. However RSRQ provides a more effective
metric for the complex optimisation of the reference signal, since it is based on SINR [15,59].
2.3 LTE-Advanced
The LTE-Advanced (Release 10) is an evolution of LTE, which is to compliant with the IMT-
Advanced requirements and targets. It aims to provide peak data rates of up to 1 Gbps (for low
mobility) and 500 Mbps in DL and UL respectively. LTE-Advanced is required to reduce the
user- and control-plane latencies as compared to LTE (Release 8). It targets to achieve peak
spectrum efficiency of 30 bps/Hz and 15 bps/Hz in DL and UL respectively. LTE-Advanced
enhances the cell edge user throughput (5%-ile user throughput) in order to achieve a
homogeneous user experience in cell. It will support the mobility across the cell from 350 km/h
to 500 km/h depending on operating frequency band [5]. The LTE-A is backward compatible
with existing LTE system and support the existing LTE enabled UEs. LTE-Advanced is expected
to be bandwidth scalable and support wider bandwidth up to 100 MHz. It should also support the
FDD and TDD duplexing for the existing paired and unpaired band, respectively. It enables
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network sharing and handover with existing legacy radio-access technologies. LTE-Advanced
also considers low cost infrastructure deployments. It will allow the backhauling using LTE
spectrum in order to reduce the cost per bit. Summary of 3GPP LTE-Advanced system
performance in comparison with 3GPP LTE is given by table 3.1.
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2.11 WiMAX
The WiMAX family (802.16) concentrate on two types of usage models: a fixed WiMAX and
mobile WiMAX. The basic element that differentiates these systems is the ground speed at
which the systems are designed to manage. Based on mobility, wireless access systems are
designed to operate on the move without any disruption of service; wireless access can be
divided into three classes; stationary, pedestrian and vehicular. A Mobile WiMAX network
access system is one that can address the vehicular class, whereas the fixed WiMAX serves the
stationary and pedestrian classes.
2.11.1 Types of WiMAX:
This raises a question about the nomadic wireless access system, which is referred to as a system
that works as a fixed WiMAX network access system but can change its location.
A. Fixed WiMAX: Broadband service and consumer usage of fixed WiMAX access is
expected to reflect that of fixed wire-line service, with many of the standards-based
requirements being confined to the air interface. Because communications takes place via
wireless links from WiMAX Customer Premise Equipment (WiMAX CPE) to a remote
Non Line-of-sight (NLOS) WiMAX base station, requirements for link security are
greater than those needed for a wireless service. The security mechanisms within the
IEEE 802.16 standards are sufficient for fixed WiMAX access service. Another
challenge for the Fixed WiMAX access air interface is the need to set up high
performance radio links capable of data rates comparable to wired broadband service,
using equipment that can be self installed indoors by users, as is the case for Digital
Subscriber Line (DSL) and cable modems. IEEE 802.16 standards provide advanced
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physical (PHY) layer techniques to achieve link margins capable of supporting high
throughput in NLOS environments.
B. Mobile WiMAX 802.16a extension, refined in January 2003, uses a lower frequency of
2 to 11 GHz, enabling NLOS connections. The latest 802.16e task group is capitalizing
on the new capabilities this provides by working on developing a specification to enable
Mobile WiMAX clients. These clients will be able to hand off between WiMAX base
stations, enabling users to roam between service areas.
2.11.2 WiMAX Architecture
WiMAX is based on IEEE standard for high layer protocol such as TCP/IP, Voice over Internet
Protocol (VoIP), and SIP etc. WiMAX network is offering air link interoperability. The
Architecture of WiMAX is based on all IP platforms. The packet technology of WiMAX needs
no legacy circuit telephony. Therefore it reduces the overall cost during life cycle of WiMAX
deployment. The main guidelines of WiMAX Architecture are as under
It support structure of packet switched. WiMAX technology including IEEE 802.16
standard and its modification, suitable for IETF and Ethernet.
Offers flexibility to accommodate a wide range of deployment such as small to large
scale. WiMAX also support urban, rural radio propagation. The uses of mesh topologies
make it more reliable. It is the best coexistence of various models.
Offers various services and applications such as multimedia, Voice, mandated dogmatic
services as emergency and lawful interception. Provides a variety of functions such as
ASP, mobile telephony, interface with multi internetworking, media gateway, delivery of
IP broadcasting such as MMS, SMS, WAP over IP.
Supports roaming and Internet working. It support wireless network such as 3GPP and
3GPP2. It support wired network as ADSL.
Supports global roaming, consistent use of AAA for billing purposes, digital certificate,
subscriber module, USIM, and RUIM.
The range is fixed, portable, nomadic, simple mobility and fully mobility.
The WiMAX architecture consists of three logical entities: BS, ASN, and CSN. All three
correspond to a grouping for functional entities which may be single or distributed physical
device over several physical devices may be an implementation choice. The manufacturer
chooses any implementation according to its choice which is may be individual or combine.
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Base station (BS): The responsibility of Base station (BS) is to provide that the air
interface to the MS. The other functionality of BS is micro mobility supervision
functions. The handoff prompting, supervision of radio resource, classification of traffic,
DHCP, keys, session and multicast group management.
Access service network (ASN): The ASN (Access Service Network) used to describe
an expedient way to explain combination of functional entities and equivalent
significance flows connected with the access services. The ASN offers a logical boundary
for functional of nearby clients. The connectivity and aggregation services of WiMAX
are personified by dissimilar vendors. Planning of functional to logical entities
represented in NRM which may execute in unusual ways. The WiMAX forum allows
different type of vendors implementation that is interceptive and well-matched for a
broad variety of deployment necessities.
Connectivity Service Network (CSN): CSN is a set of functions related to network
offering IP services for connectivity to WiMAX clients. A CSN may include network
fundamentals such as AAA, server, routers, and user database and gateway devices that
support validation for the devices, services and user. The Connectivity Service Network
also handled different type of task such as management of IP addresses, support roaming
between different NSPs, management of location, roaming, and mobility between ASNs
The WiMAX architecture is offering a flexible arrangement of functional entities when
constructing the physical entities, Because AS may be molded into BTS, BSC, and an
ASNGW, which are equivalent to the GSM model of BSC, BTS and GPRS Support
(SGSN).
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.13 Advantages of WiMAX Technology:
Coverage: The single station of WiMAX can operate and provide coverage for hundreds
of users at a time and manage sending and receiving of data at very high speed with full
of network security.
High Speed: The High speed of connectivity over long distance and high speed voice
makes it more demanded in hardly populated areas plus compacted areas.
Multi-functionality: WiMAX perform a variety of task at a time such as offering high
speed internet, providing telephone service, transformation of data, video streaming,
voice application etc. WiMAX is a great invention for new era because WiMAX has
enough potential for developing and opportunity to offer various types of services for
new generation. Now you can connect Internet anywhere and browse any site and make
possible online conference with mobile Internet, multimedia application never let you
bored, IPTV stay you up to date etc.
Stay in touch with End user: WiMAX network always keep stay in touch with your
friends and all others using same WiMAX network because it provide absolute
communication service to the end users to make possible rich communications.
Infrastructure: WiMAX infrastructure is very easy and flexible therefore it provides
maximum reliability of network and consent to actual access to end users.
Cheap Network: WiMAX is a well-known wireless network now days because it
provides a low cost network substitute to Internet services offered via ADSL, modem or
local area network.
Rich Features: WiMAX is offering rich features which make it useful. WiMAX offers
separate voice and data channel for fun, the semantic connection make your network
more secure then before, fast connectively, license spectrum, liberty of movement etc.
WiMAX vs Wifi: The WiMAX network providing much higher speed and very long
range as compared to Wife Technology.
Smart antenna and Mesh Topology: The use of smart antenna in WiMAX network
offering high quality widest array which enable you to make possible communication on
long route without any encryption. It offers 2.3, 2.7, 3.3 and 3.8 GHz frequency ranges.
The use of Mesh topology in WiMAX network for the expansion is an extensive
spectrum of antennas for commercial as well as for residential users.
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Ultra wide Band: The unique and excellent infrastructure of WiMAX is offering Ultra-
Wideband. Its exclusive design is providing range from 2 to 10 GHz and outstanding
time response.
Homeland Security: Security options of WiMAX Technology also offer very high
security because of encryption system used by WiMAX. Now you can exchange your
data on whole network without any fear of losing data.
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be the allocation of spectrums (Shon and Choi, 2007). The list below shows the main Current
standards as well as the future standards in WiMAX
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802.16j-2009 Specifies the standard for multihop relaying .
Multihop relaying occurs when there is more
than one Base Station used in the
communication process in which
communication between Base stations
themselves is needed. (802.16j-2009)
(Dai and Xie, 2010)
Physical Layer
The physical layer represents the transmission of raw bits rather than the logical data packets
over physical link connecting network nodes or in WiMAX case stations. This layer represents
the foundations of data communication between devices and is where the WiMAX structure can
be further understood in more detail (Andrews, et al. 2007).
The WiMAX Physical layer is based on a transmission scheme known as orthogonal frequency
division multiplexing (OFDM) (Ergen, 2009). This scheme is widely used by Wi-Fi as well as
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DSL networks and is considered an efficient scheme for a large data rate transmission in NLOS
(None line of Site) Data communications. (Andrews, et al. 2007). OFDM is a type of
multicarrier modulation which divides a high-bit-rate data stream in to several parallel lower bit-
rate streams and modulates each stream on a separate carrier theses carriers are also known as
subcarriers (Cho et al, 2011). It is essential the through the separation of data into smaller
parallel streams it allows the data to be transmitted with limited delay spread (Ergen, 2009).
Delay spread is the term used to compare the difference between the fastest data transmission
time possible with the current transmission time (Cho et al, 2011).
The WiMAX Physical layer is also responsible for slot allocation and framing over the radio
frequency. The minimum time-frequency resource that can be allocated by a WiMAX base
station to a given link is called a slot. Each slot consists of one sub channel over one, two, or
three OFDM symbols, depending on the particular sub channelization scheme being used (Cho
et al, 2011). A continuous series of slots assigned to a given user is called that users data
region; scheduling algorithms could allocate data regions to different users, based on demand,
and the type of QoS required (Andrews, et al. 2007). As there is some foundation in this layer
from being used with success in other network configurations such as Wi-Fi. What are the
advantages of using this form of transmission for WiMAX?
There are also a number of disadvantages associated with OFDM that have room for
improvements one problem that stands out is OFDMs susceptibility to phase noise and frequency
dispersion and OFDM will eventually need to mitigate these imperfections in the long run for
further improvements to be made in download and data access rates (Andrews, et al. 2)
Table 8 Feature of OFDMA used in WiMAX
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Graceful degradation of performance OFDM is suited for adaptive modulation and
under excess delay spread. coding which allows the system to make best
of the available channel conditions e.g. if a
Robust against Narrow band interference This type of interference can only affect a
small portion of the subcarriers. (PHY2)
Mac Layer
The primary function of the WiMAX MAC layer is to provide a effective interface between the
higher transport layers and the physical layer. One could look at it as connecting the next stage
of communication between devices. When transmitting a packet the MAC layer takes a packet
from the upper layer this packet is also known as MAC service data units (MSDUs) and then
organises them in to MAC protocol data units (MPDUs) (Andrews, et al. 2007).
The WiMAX MAC design includes another layer known as convergence sub layer that enables
it to communicate with a variety of higher layer protocols such as ATM, IP and any unknown
future protocol. WiMAX MAC layer is designed to support high peak bit rates while
maintaining a high QoS it also allows for a lot of flexibility during transmission (Sekercioglu, et
al. 2009).
In WiMAX the MAC layer at the base station is in charge of allocating the bandwidth to all
users from uplink to downlink. However there are times when the mobile station (MS) is able to
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request its own bandwidth depending on a particular service required to run e.g. browsing or
video (Ruuska, et al. 2011). This can increase the efficiency of service. However the ability to
request your own bandwidth is periodically handed out to MS also known as pollin (dependant
on the demand of the service and where there is high demand there would be less opportunity to
request own bandwidth.
The QoS is the fundamental part of the WiMAX MAC layer design it does this by maintaining
connection oriented MAC architecture. The BS and MS will first establish a connection but
prior to any data transmission the BS and the MS establish a unidirectional logical link, called a
connection, between the two MAC-layer peers (Sekercioglu, et al. 2009). Each connection is
identified by a connection identifier (CID), which serves as a temporary address for data
transmissions over the particular link. In addition to connections for transferring user data.
WiMAX also defines a concept of a service flow. A service flow is a unidirectional flow of
packets with a particular set of QoS parameters and is identified by a service flow identifier
(SFID). The QoS parameters could include traffic priority, maximum sustained traffic rate,
maximum burst and jitter. These will be just some of the parameters being measured in the
project as well (Sekercioglu, et al. 2009). There are a large list of WiMAX MAC scheduling
services but what are the main and vital MAC services used by WiMAX to ensure its reliability.
Unsolicited grant services (UGS) Allows for fixed size data packets at a
constant bit rate. These would be especially
useful for VoIP (Voice over IP). Running
applications such
as Skype. Best measure by latency, tolerated
jitter request transmission policy (Ruuska, et
al. 2011).
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Real-time polling Services Supports Applications such as MPEG video
that generate variable size data packets on a
periodic basis. Measured by maximum
latency.( Ruuska, et al. 2011)
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(end nodes). The position of the RS is also an important issue for RS placement in the area where
SNR (signal to noise ratio) is high and link budget is good. The table below shows the elements
needs to be considered as CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) and OPEX (Operational Expenditure)
for BS and RS deployment. In the table the one of cost for spectrum licence, research and
marketing has not been considered. The CAPEX and OPEX may be different dependent on the
scenario type such as urban, dense urban or in rural areas.
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performance, coverage, capacity and considering some other major advantages of RS but we also
need to bear in mind some critical aspects of RS. For example it also cause interference and if
deploy more relays then it also exceeds the cost compare to BS as in [49, 51], the RS deployment
in cost effective manner and also by simulated work showed the reduction of cost. The authors in
[49] mentioned in detail and analyze the cost of BS and RS in order to achieve the guaranteed
QoS. The QoS standard is based on better throughput less delay and packet loss The location or
placement of relays station is also another problem as the network operators will always like to
have cost effective solution to provide satisfactory service. RS at the cell edges are better for
coverage extension and relays between the BS and the cell edge are better for capacity
enhancement.
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processes for throughput at the receiver, but some other factors should be taken in consideration
in addition to the previously mentioned issues. To sum up, the planning process in LTE
ADVANCED can be modeled as a multi objective optimization problem. The cost functions also
to be considered:
Cost
Coverage
Performance (Throughput)
Interference
Using the multi-objective optimization framework, the time used for simulation may be a little
long. A combination of both analytical study and simulation could be used to improve the speed
of optimization, for example, theoretical analysis on network relay. Also new simulation
techniques using OPNET can be considered to increase the simulator efficiency.
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capacity. Capacity is another important factor which affects the LTE ADVANCED performance.
In general term we can determine capacity by the amount of data that can be delivered to the user
and from the user [26]. In a LTE ADVANCED system, user normally access internet for surfing
net, video streaming and voice applications and these applications or user requirements applies
or request different demands on the system depending on the applications type. Different
applications require a higher data rate and need more bandwidth for downloading purpose but
not on upload. The authors of [47] evaluate the performance of LTE Advanced using RS for the
purpose of cost effective coverage extension with link capacity model for 802.16 MMR and also
address the scheduling schemes for EN. However, they mentioned that with good RS antenna
gain and power, RS can be deployed further away from the cell coverage to increase the cell
coverage but it is not mentioned about the BS and RS link quality as placing the RS out of the
cell where signal strength normally very week can result in poor link or delay.
2.5.3 Optimization of Radio Resource Management in Relay station
The RRM (Radio Resource Management) in LTE Advanced network covers the management
and optimization of the radio resource utilization. The new developing standards like 802.16m
require better spectral efficiency with high data rates to fulfill user and QoS requirements [23].
There are so many ways to achieve better performance in IEEE 802.16m such as Link adaptation
techniques where different types of modulation scheme applied to get better results. Link
adaptation can be useful if before transmission the BS as transmitter has the knowledge about
channel state. To utilize the radio resources in LTE Advanced link adaptation plays an important
role. There are different approaches which help in good link adaptation. In [70], uplink
scheduling algorithm has been proposed for RS. The purposed algorithm enhances system
capacity, bandwidth efficiency and improves delay performance for real time applications. AMC
(Adaptive Modulation and Coding) plays an important role in wireless communication
technology for both fixed and mobile environments. The authors of [66] clearly defined and
implemented AMC scheme and its effects on QoS performance of LTE Advanced network. all
the new upcoming technology like LTE and 802.16m using advance antenna technologies such
as MIMO and directional which help to utilization of resources efficiently. MIMO has more than
four streams which are used in IEEE 802.16m [60, 52, 55]. In IEEE 802.16m, the enhanced
MIMO plays an important role for increasing the throughput [55]. The previous link adaptation
techniques based on MIMO can be classified into two general categories which are analytical
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and heuristic which explain limitations of packet error rate. In [52], authors explain error rates
for link adaptation which is bit error rate (BER) or packet-error rate (PER) against SNR.
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throughput, packet loss and delay but here it is needed to consider network load which the
writers did not mentioned. Because when the network load increases the QoS automatically
decreases [16]. The authors further describe in the paper about QoS and their problems in which
they considered the centralized scheduling using UL scheduling. They proposed an architecture
named as SQSA named as scheduling QoS scheduling architecture to ensure QoS and to find a
specific request for the quality of request. LTE Advanced forum worked on IEEE 802.16m
bandwidth request protocol for better performance [1]. Because in existing legacy system a five
message request was needed for bandwidth request but in 80.16m three messages grant request is
available by knocking off two to decreasing the latency. LTE Advanced channel bandwidth is
20MHz and WiMAX2 bandwidth has doubled and varying bandwidth is used based on the
traffic. LTE Advanced uses OFDMA to allocate sub carriers or modulated carrier to the users.
The available sub carriers to allocate in the UL and DL (down link) are based on UL and DL
transmits power ratio, frame structure and size and available bandwidth as utilization of
resources in OFDMA relay network relay on BS. The efficient and simple resource algorithm
proposed in [65] for relay network to maintain the fairness among users while maximized data
rate.
2.6.1 Relay stations Applications
RS can be used for different applications in LTE Advanced networks but it most commonly used
for three aspects which are coverage extension, capacity enhancement and throughput
enhancement [42]. The WiMAX2 have very challenging requirements for transmission rates and
there is a growing demand in LTE Advanced networks for coverage and capacity enhancement.
RS have been designed to meet these requirements with guarantee QoS support. The QoS in
relay technology can be:
Better throughput with less delay
Coverage Extension for the user out of the coverage of BS
Reduce signal overhead/Latency
Higher bandwidth efficiency
Less delay and packet loss during mobility
Together with all mentioned above better performance and QoS results in relay networks can be
achieved. In RS communication, the SS or EN can receive the signal from the BS or via RS
through different paths depends on the end user location. It can be through the multi hop relay
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link (transparent) and the multi hop (non transparent) where direct link from BS is also possible.
IEEE802.16j and IEEE802.16m define two different types of modes in relay technology called
transparent mode and non transparent mode [9, 16, 25]. The transparent mode can provide better
QoS demands for end users as compared to non transparent mode because the transparent mode
basically works to extend the capacity of BS not coverage because the end users may access the
service directly from BS or through RS depending on the link quality. Also, it enhances the
throughput within the cell. However, covering end users QoS demands we need to enhance the
throughput and minimize the delay in order to LTE Advanced RS work well. The performance
can be improved in RS by taking all the necessary QoS characteristics such as delay, throughput,
pack loss and network load. Most of the work has been done on individual factor by focusing on
single term to show the improvement by enhancing the system performance in that specific
parameters like in [18], the writers focus on throughput and packet loss but delay has not been
simulated as it is clear from the title but there is no simulation found for delay analysis. The
writers done simple simulation with only one BS and one RS connected with mobile node out of
the range of BS. The critical aspect in this paper is the antenna height mentioned in simulation
parameters which is 10 meters. The normal antenna height of both BS and RS should be above
25 meters to get better performance and signal strength.
2.6.2 Performance of Relay stations
LTE Advanced like other wireless systems suffers from different propagation characteristics and
resource allocation in reasonable manner. The performance of RS can be affected by different
characteristics such as antenna height, distance from BS and distance from SS as the SNR (signal
to noise ratio) decreases when distance increase. Also NLOS (non line of sight) communication
where signal reflects with objects like tall buildings, forest and mountains can affect the signal
quality. Throughput enhancement, capacity and reliability can be achieved if the users have
better SNR especially in the area where BS signal fades at the edge of the cell. The RS enhance
the link quality, throughput and coverage extensions. There are two approaches defined by IEEE
802.16 standard which are centralized and distributed [10]. In centralized approach, the BS can
cover the cell radius where RS also deployed and the second approach called distributed scheme,
where RS coordinates the performance of the SSs. RS is also very useful in load balancing.
During congestion or high load within same cell RS transfers the traffic of one cell to
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neighboring cell. The RS extends the coverage where there is no direct link between the BS and
the destination node.
2.6.3 Relay stations Selection in LTE Advanced System
In wireless networks such as IEEE 802.16m or 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project)
LTE, there are typically several fixed RS in the region deployed depending on the users access.
If source A as MS (mobile station) wants to send a message to Z (MS) as destination node and
there are several nodes (RS) in between A and Z then relay selection determines the best suited
RS for this communication. The selection process will operate in distributed manner in terms of
message complexity and delay. In the first step relay estimates the channel quality between itself
and source and itself and destination. For example A is source and z is destination and R is relay.
So it can be R and A and R and Z respectively. Source A send ready to send message to
destination Z or destination received this message. Also, all other neighbors of source A received
this message. When destination Z receives the RTS (request to send) message it then send CTS
(clear to send message) back to source A. When relay receive RTS message from source a, it
check or determine the channel state information (CSI) from source A to R (relay and R(relay to
destination Z. The main point we need to keep in mind on this stage that the Relay (R) assumes
the channels are the same from forward source (A) to relay(R) and backward relay(R) to
destination (Z) then each nodes or RS determines the best channel state information (CSI) value
and worst channel state information (CSI) value should served as relay. Relay selection plays an
important role in LTE ADVANCED network [29 30]. As discussed above, in congested
wireless networks there are different RS deployed in the region to fill the transmission gap and
user requirements. Determining from different relays which one should be selected for
communication is a difficult problem, because some RS may have a strong channel link or link
quality to the destination, but it may also be heavily loaded with traffic from other SS. In [29] the
authors proposed a relay selection algorithm to meet the QoS standard. However the writer did
not mention about the available throughput for each end user and their algorithm improved the
performance in accordance with signal to noise ratio and latency. Also the writer chooses very
simple services like HTTP and voice to be checked and meet the demand of user. The writer
suggests through effective relay selection algorithm, RS can play an important role by
considering the QoS parameters in order to get better performance. There are different types of
relay selection methods mentioned in by the writer.
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The main relay selection methods are:
RS selection with physical distance
RS selection with path loss
RS selection based on SINR
RS based on transmission power
However, there are some disadvantages of above mentioned selections methods e.g. Delay can
cause while selection suitable relay for communication, also path loss transmissions delay can
occur. In [30] the author proposes a cross-layer design relay selection algorithm for two hop
relay networks. The authors introduce a novel function for relay and proposed algorithm by
considering both channel state information on physical layer and queue state information at data
link layer. As compare to this, the authors of [34] proposed a method based on geographical
information, aiming to minimize the symbol error probability (SEP). Also the suitable relay is
determined withthe aim of minimizing the symbol error probability so the proposed scheme can
achieve better performance in selection process. Relay mainly works as half duplex and DF
technique can be applied for error free communication through RS. However, the half duplex
DF, the transmission of RS can be divided into two time slots. In the first attempt, the source
transmits the data to the RS where it demodulates and decodes received information. In the
second phase, the RS encode again the received data and retransmit it to the EN. There is also an
important factor in the selection process which is that when relay send a message to the end users
with signaling message indicating his availability. Then the pilot sequence used by BS estimate
the instantaneous SNRs of that RS for selection process but this type of scenario can cause time
delay.
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SNR is low then the lower type of modulation scheme can be used. In LTE Advanced, there are
four different modulation schemes used which are as follows:
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2.7.3 Quality of Service in LTE Advanced and Relay Station:
LTE Advanced allows the network operators to provide better services which differentiate them
from operators using other technologies; this edge attracts a range of subscribers. It provides
flow types which allow the provider to provide optimized data, video and voice services. In LTE
Advanced traffic can be prioritized via four services classes, each class prioritizes specific traffic
such as voice, video or data. These classes are listed below.
UGS (Unsolicited Grant Service)
rtPS (real-time Polling Service)
nrtPS (non-real-time Polling Service)
BE (Best Effort) The second phase of LTE Advanced with the support of mobility has
added fifth class which is extended real time polling service (ertPS);
A. Unsolicited Grant Service (UGS): The UGS scheduling service is suitable when the
constant data stream is required hence it is suitable for VoIP. In UGS, fixed size packets
are sent with as low jitter and latency as possible. It is important to mention that in UGS,
packets are sent at persistent intervals. UGS packets have higher priority over BE and
nrtPS and system first transmit the UGS packets and then transmit the BE or nrtPS
packets.
B. Real-Time Polling Service (rtPS): This service supports real time service flows where
variable size data packets are generated. It is important to mention that these packets are
generated periodically. This service is suitable for video transmission, such as MPEG
(Moving Pictures Experts Group) videos.
C. Non-Real-Time Polling Service (nrtPS): The nrtPS supports data streams which
consist of variable size packets tolerate delay. This service guarantees minimum data rate.
This service is suitable for FTP.
D. Best Effort (BE): The basic service class of QoS does not guarantee minimum data rate,
meaning at one instance data rate can be very low or idle and as soon as network
becomes less congested data rates increases allowing the traffic to move faster. This type
of service is not suitable for voice and video as at low data rates it cause interruptions. It
is more suitable for data streams which can be dealt on best available basis. BE packets
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have lowest priority over the network and these packets are only transmitted if no packets
of UGS, rtPS, nrtPS and ertPS are waiting for transmission.
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