The Vienna LTE-Advanced Simulators: Up and Downlink, Link and System Level Simulation (Signals and Communication Technology) [hardcover]

This book introduces

the Vienna Simulator Suite for 3rd-Generation Partnership Project

(3GPP)-compatible Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) simulators and presents

applications to demonstrate their uses for describing, designing, and optimizing

wireless cellular LTE-A networks.

Part One addresses LTE

and LTE-A link level techniques. As there has been high demand for the downlink

(DL) simulator, it constitutes the central focus of the majority of the

chapters. This part of the book reports on relevant highlights, including

single-user (SU), multi-user (MU) and single-input-single-output (SISO) as well

as multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions. Furthermore, it

summarizes the optimal pilot pattern for high-speed communications as well as

different synchronization issues. One chapter is devoted to experiments that

show how the link level simulator can provide input to a testbed. This section

also uses measurements to present and validate fundamental results on

orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) transmissions that are not

limited to LTE-A. One chapter exclusively deals with the newest tool, the

uplink (UL) link level simulator, and presents cutting-edge results.

In turn, Part Two

focuses on system-level simulations. From early on, system-level simulations have

been in high demand, as people are naturally seeking answers when scenarios

with numerous base stations and hundreds of users are investigated. This part

not only explains how mathematical abstraction can be employed to speed up

simulations by several hundred times without sacrificing precision, but also

illustrates new theories on how to abstract large urban heterogeneous networks

with indoor small cells. It also reports on advanced applications such as train

and car transmissions to demonstrate the tools’ capabilities.