System level analysis of vertical sectorization for 3GPP LTE

The aim of this paper is to evaluate the impact of a novel method for advanced antenna technologies for the downlink performance of the 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. The network performance impact of 3 × 2 vertical sectorization in different macro-cellular network scenarios for various combinations of antenna parameter configurations have been studied in terms of Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) and throughput performance. Simulation studies are performed for uniform UE distribution and full-buffer traffic by using LTE snap-shot simulator and three dimensional propagation modeling.

[1]  Jyri Hämäläinen,et al.  Analysis of Antenna Parameter Optimization Space for 3GPP LTE , 2009, 2009 IEEE 70th Vehicular Technology Conference Fall.

[2]  M. J. Gans,et al.  On Limits of Wireless Communications in a Fading Environment when Using Multiple Antennas , 1998, Wirel. Pers. Commun..

[3]  Di Yuan,et al.  Automated optimization of service coverage and base station antenna configuration in UMTS networks , 2006, IEEE Wireless Communications.

[4]  Jukka Lempiäinen,et al.  Optimum Antenna Downtilt Angles for Macrocellular WCDMA Network , 2005, EURASIP J. Wirel. Commun. Netw..

[5]  William C. Y. Lee,et al.  Mobile Communications Engineering , 1982 .

[6]  Adam Pollard,et al.  A system level evaluation of multiple antenna schemes for high speed downlink packet access , 2004, 2004 IEEE 15th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications (IEEE Cat. No.04TH8754).

[7]  Emre Telatar,et al.  Capacity of Multi-antenna Gaussian Channels , 1999, Eur. Trans. Telecommun..

[8]  C. Balanis.  Antenna theory , 1982 .