scholarly journals Macrocells-User Protected Interference-Aware Transmit Power Control for LTE-A Heterogeneous Networks

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arbab Waheed Ahmad ◽  
Heekwon Yang ◽  
Gul Shahzad ◽  
Chankil Lee
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Heterogeneous Networks ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
System Level ◽  
Small Cells ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Coverage Area ◽  
Current Channel ◽  
Transmit Power ◽  
Transmit Power Control

In Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) heterogeneous networks (HetNets), small cells are deployed within the coverage area of macrocells having 1 : 1 frequency reuse. The coexistence of small cells and a macrocell in the same frequency band poses cross-tier interference which causes outage for macrocells users and/or small cell users. To address this problem, in this paper, we propose two algorithms that consider the received interference level at the evolved NodeB (eNB) while allocating transmit power to the users. In the proposed algorithm, the transmit power of all users is updated according to the target and instantaneous signal-to-noise-plus-interference ratio (SINR) condition as long as the effective received interference at the serving eNB is below the given threshold. Otherwise, if the effective received interference at the eNB is greater than the threshold, the transmit power of small cell users is gradually reduced in order to guarantee the target SINR for all macrocells users, aiming for zero-outage for macrocells users at the cost of an increased outage ratio for small cell users. Further, in the second algorithm, the transmit power of all users is additionally controlled by the power headroom report that considers the current channel condition while updating the transmit power which results in the outage ratio decreasing for small cell users. The extensive system-level simulations show significant improvements in the average throughput and outage ratio when compared with the conventional transmit power control technique.

scholarly journals Maximum Transmit Power for UE in an LTE Small Cell Uplink

Electronics ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 796 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amir Haider ◽  
Seung-Hoon Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Network Performance ◽  
Fractional Power ◽  
Small Cell ◽  
Control Mode ◽  
Small Cells ◽  
Transmit Power ◽  
Lte Networks ◽  
Maximum Transmit Power ◽  
The Impact

To furnish the network with small cells, it is vital to consider parameters like cell size, interference in the network, and deployment strategies to maximize the network’s performance gains expected from small cells. With a small cell network, it is critical to analyze the impact of the uplink power control parameters on the network’s performance. In particular, the maximum transmit power (Pmax) for user equipment (UE) needs to be revisited for small cells, since it is a major contributor towards interference. In this work, the network performance was evaluated for different Pmax values for the small cell uplink. Various deployment scenarios for furnishing the existing macro layer in LTE networks with small cells were considered. The Pmax limit for a small cell uplink was evaluated for both homogenous small cell and heterogeneous networks (HetNet). The numerical results showed that it would be appropriate to adopt Pmax = 18 dBm in uniformly distributed small cells rather than Pmax = 23 dBm, as in macro environments. The choice of Pmax = 18 dBm was further validated for three HetNet deployment scenarios. A decrease of 0.52 dBm and an increase of 0.03 dBm and 3.29 dBm in the proposed Pmax = 18 dBm were observed for the three HetNet deployments, respectively. Furthermore, we propose that the fractional power control mode can be employed instead of the full compensation mode in small cell uplinks.

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