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dc.contributor.authorJaber, M
dc.contributor.authorDawy, Z
dc.contributor.authorAkl, N
dc.contributor.authorYaacoub, E
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-09T11:38:41Z
dc.date.available2021-02-09T11:38:41Z
dc.date.issued2016-05-20
dc.identifier.issn1553-877X
dc.identifier.urihttps://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/xmlui/handle/123456789/70221
dc.description.abstractLTE is the fastest growing cellular technology and is expected to increase its footprint in the coming years, as well as progress toward LTE-A. The race among operators to deliver the expected quality of experience to their users is tight and demands sophisticated skills in network planning. Radio network dimensioning (RND) is an essential step in the process of network planning and has been used as a fast, but indicative, approximation of radio site count. RND is a prerequisite to the lengthy process of thorough planning. Moreover, results from RND are used by players in the industry to estimate preplanning costs of deploying and running a network; thus, RND is, as well, a key tool in cellular business modelling. In this work, we present a tutorial on radio network dimensioning, focused on LTE/LTE-A, using an iterative approach to find a balanced design that mediates among the three design requirements: coverage, capacity, and quality. This approach uses a statistical link budget analysis methodology, which jointly accounts for small and large scale fading in the channel, as well as loading due to traffic demand, in the interference calculation. A complete RND manual is thus presented, which is of key importance to operators deploying or upgrading LTE/LTE-A networks for two reasons. It is purely analytical, hence it enables fast results, a prime factor in the race undertaken. Moreover, it captures essential variables affecting network dimensions and manages conflicting targets to ensure user quality of experience, another major criterion in the competition. The described approach is compared to the traditional RND using a commercial LTE network planning tool. The outcome further dismisses the traditional RND for LTE due to unjustified increase in number of radio sites and related cost, and motivates further research in developing more effective and novel RND procedures.en_US
dc.format.extent1355 - 1383
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.relation.ispartofIEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials
dc.titleTutorial on LTE/LTE-A Cellular Network Dimensioning Using Iterative Statistical Analysisen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.rights.holder© 2015 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/comst.2015.2513440
pubs.issue2en_US
pubs.notesNot knownen_US
pubs.volume18en_US
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