Static Inter-Cell Interference Coordination Techniques for LTE Networks: A Fair Performance Assessment

Abstract. This paper focuses in the analysis of 100% static and distributed inter-cell interference coordination techniques in the context of LTE networks. Several methods have been modeled and studied with the aim of deriving practical radio planning rules based on the joint effect of operational parameters and thresholds. The investigation places special emphasis on the efficiency vs. fairness tradeoff. Several metrics have been detected as interesting to allow not only the performance measurement from different point of view, but also to look at the effectiveness in the utilization of resources. Results show that similar levels of spectral efficiency can be achieved by means of a proper and accurate network tuning. On the other hand, interesting second order differences appear due to some inherent features of each approach. These can be exploited depending on the particular network operator needs.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: MACOM
• Authors: David González González, Mario García-Lozano, Silvia Ruiz-Boque, Joan J. Olmos
• Keywords: Communications, Inter-cell Interference Coordination, MACOM 2010, Particular Network Operator, Radio Planning Rules