Title
Impact of inter-cell interference on flow level performance of scheduling schemes for the UMTS EUL
Author
TNO Informatie- en Communicatietechnologie
Dimitrova, D.C.
Heijenk, G.
van den Berg, J.L.
Litjens, R.
Publication year
2008
Abstract
The UMTS Enhanced Uplink (EUL) is expected to provide higher capacity, increased data rates, and smaller latency on the communication link from users towards the network. A key mechanism in EUL traffic handling is the packet scheduler, for which a number of basic schemes can be identified (one-by-one, partial parallel, and full parallel). In this paper we analyze the interaction between the EUL scheduling scheme deployed in the network and the inter-cell interference. On the one hand, different scheduling schemes cause different inter-cell interference patterns on neighbouring cells. On the other hand, the different schemes are affected by inter-cell interference in different ways. The scheduling schemes are evaluated and compared under different approaches for reserving part of the allowed noise rise at the base station for inter-cell interference. For our analysis, we have developed a hybrid analytical/simulation approach allowing for fast evaluation of performance measures such as the mean flow transfer time and fairness expressing how the performance depends on the user's location. This approach takes into account both the packet-level characteristics and the flow-level dynamics due to the random user behaviour.
Subject
Cells
Computer networks
Cytology
Optical communication
Radio interference
Scheduling
Signal interference
Wireless telecommunication systems
Cell interferences
Communication links
Enhanced uplinks
Fast evaluations
Increased data rates
Mean flows
Noise rises
Performance measures
Random users
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1109/wimob.2008.107
TNO identifier
241256
ISBN
9780769533933
Source
4th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communication, WiMob 2008, 12-14 October 2008, Avignon, France, 106-112
Document type
conference paper