Multisite field trial for LTE and advanced concepts

  • Authors:
  • Ralf Irmer;Hans-Peter Mayer;Andreas Weber;Volker Braun;Michael Schmidt;Michael Ohm;Norbert Ahr;André Zoch;Carsten Jandura;Patrick Marsch;Gerhard Fettweis

  • Affiliations:
  • Vodafone;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs;Signalion GmbH;Technische Universität Dresden;Technische Universität Dresden;Technische Universität Dresden

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

The 3GPP LTE standard is stable now in its first release (Release 8), and the question is how good its performance is in real-world scenarios. LTE is also a good base for further innovations, but it must be proven that they offer performance advantages for the price of their complexity. This article evaluates the performance of LTE Release 8 as a baseline and advanced concepts currently in discussion such as cooperative MIMO based on system-level simulations, and measurements in the laboratory and a multisite field testbed within the EASY-C project.