Intelligent resource optimisation using semi-smart antennas in LTE OFDMA systems

Yapeng Wang, Xu Yang, Athen Ma, Laurie Cuthbert

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Abstract

The next generation 3GPP long-term evolution (LTE) mobile system will use orthogonal frequency division multiplexing access (OFDMA) as the key technology to improve the spectrum efficiency and flexible user resource allocation. One of the challenges of OFDMA systems is the interference at the cell edge where users are likely to get high interference from neighbouring cells. In a network with non-uniform traffic distribution, the problem becomes even more challenging. In this paper, a semi-smart antenna based resource allocation scheme is proposed for the LTE OFDMA system. The scheme features a centralised Genetic Algorithm (GA) algorithm that changes the cellular coverage in a coordinated manner to improve the system capacity and mitigate network interference. Simulation experiments have been carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme, the results showing significant performance improvement in terms of total traffic load achieved for all cells compared to a system with fixed coverage pattern.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology and Applications, IEEE ICCTA2009
Pages173-179
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2009
Event2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology and Applications, IEEE ICCTA2009 - Beijing, China
Duration: 16 Oct 200918 Oct 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of 2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology and Applications, IEEE ICCTA2009

Conference

Conference2009 IEEE International Conference on Communications Technology and Applications, IEEE ICCTA2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period16/10/0918/10/09

Keywords

  • 3GPP long-term evolution (LTE)
  • Genetic algorithm (GA)
  • OFDMA
  • Semi-smart antenna
  • Spectral efficiency

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