Radio Resource Management for Efficient Deployment of Advanced Technologies with Evolution of LTE

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School of Electrical Engineering | Doctoral thesis (article-based) | Defence date: 2017-01-20

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2016

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en

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94 + app. 66

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Aalto University publication series DOCTORAL DISSERTATIONS, 268/2016

Abstract

Cellular networks have been rapidly evolving to improve the system's spectral efficiency and provide high data rates. 3GPP-based cellular networks have evolved with the release of new additional specifications from LTE in Release 8 to LTE-Advanced in Release 10 and most recently to LTE-Advanced Pro in Release 13. These markers are indications of major enhancements in LTE cellular networks. In order to enable this evolution, it is required to not only improve existing technologies, but introduce novel technologies. However, introducing new technologies from theory to practical systems is non-trivial due to real-world constraints. Combining a number of techniques makes it possible to abridge the gap between theoretically proven research and marketable technology. In this doctoral thesis, the key aspects of radio resource management techniques are studied, investigated and more advanced techniques are proposed to enable efficient integration of new technologies into 3GPP LTE cellular networks. Specifically, the thesis addresses the four primary aspects related radio resource management. Firstly, interference coordination via dynamic scheduling in multi-user MIMO system are studied, with the key motivation to improve the practical gains of MU-MIMO in a constrained environment. Secondly, synchronization procedures in device-to-device communication for faster timing and frequency synchronization between the devices is investigated. Thirdly, resource allocation for signaling overhead to enable massive carrier aggregation is studied. Lastly, medium access (MAC) layer scheduling framework issues are addressed for a multi-user multi-flow traffic scenario in modern wireless networks. The new proposed methods and techniques are compared in terms of respective performance metrics for each of the aforementioned technologies. The 3GPP LTE framework is utilized to conduct both system and link level simulations to examine the performance of proposed techniques in a practical constrained environment. Most of the simulation assumptions are based on 3GPP agreements such that the techniques and their results are valid according to research and industrial standards.

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Hämäläinen, Jyri, Prof., Aalto University, Department of Communications and Networking, Finland

Thesis advisor

Kaltenberger, Florian, Prof., Eurecom, France
Knopp, Raymond, Prof., Eurecom, France

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3GPP LTE, Carrier Aggregation, Device-to-Device, Hybrid-ARQ, Multi-user MIMO, Radio Resource Management, Scheduler

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  • [Publication 1]: A. Bhamri, J. Hamalainen, F. Kaltenberger and R. Knopp. Minimizing the Effect of Feedback Delay in a Multi-User System through Adaptive Feedback Scheduling. In 2013 IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Las Vegas, USA, pp. 1 - 5, Sep. 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/VTCFall.2013.6692284 View at publisher
  • [Publication 2]: A. Bhamri, F. Kaltenberger, R. Knopp and J. Hamalainen. Improving MU-MIMO Performance in LTE-(Advanced) by Efficiently Exploiting Feedback Resources and through Dynamic Scheduling. In 2013 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Shanghai, China, pp. 563 - 567, April 2013.
    DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2013.6554625 View at publisher
  • [Publication 3]: A. Bhamri, F. Kaltenberger, R. Knopp and J. Hamalainen. Smart Hybrid-ARQ (SHARQ) for Cooperative Communication via Distributed Relays in LTE-advanced. In 2011 IEEE 12th International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC), San Francisco, USA, pp. 41 - 45, June 2011.
    DOI: 10.1109/SPAWC.2011.5990443 View at publisher
  • [Publication 4]: A. Bhamri, Z. Li, L. Lindh and C. Ribeiro. Primary Synchronization Signal Detection Method for Device-to-Device in LTE-Rel 12 and beyond. In 2015 IEEE 82nd Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Fall), Boston, USA, pp. 1 - 5, Sep. 2015.
    DOI: 10.1109/VTCFall.2015.7391094 View at publisher
  • [Publication 5]: A. Bhamri, K. Hooli and A. Prasad. Overview of Uplink Control Channel for Carrier Aggregation enhancements in LTE Rel. 13. In 2015 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN), Tokyo, Japan, pp. 78 - 82, Oct. 2015.
    DOI: 10.1109/CSCN.2015.7390424 View at publisher
  • [Publication 6]: A. Bhamri, K. Hooli and T. Lunttila. Massive Carrier Aggregation in LTE –Advanced Pro: Impact on Uplink Control Information & Corresponding Enhancements. IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 92 - 97, May 2016.
    DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7470941 View at publisher
  • [Publication 7]: A. Bhamri, N. Nikaein, F. Kaltenberger, J. Hamalainen and R. Knopp. Pre-processor for MAC-layer Scheduler to Efficiently Manage Buffer in Modern Wireless Networks. In 2014 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Istanbul, Turkey, pp. 1544 - 1549, April 2014.
    DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2014.6952439 View at publisher
  • [Publication 8]: A. Bhamri, N. Nikaein, F. Kaltenberger, J. Hamalainen and R. Knopp. Three-Step Iterative Scheduler for QoS Provisioning to Users Running Multiple Services in Parallel. In 2014 IEEE 79th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), Seoul, South Korea, pp. 1 - 5, May 2014.
    DOI: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2014.7023123 View at publisher

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