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Fifth Generation New Radio (5G NR) presents a new framework for Quality-of-Service (QoS) management that especially fits cases for eXtended Reality (XR) traffic applications thanks to the new presented concept of QoS flows that can handle various service data flows. In that respect, in this paper we exploit the QoS flow model and we present a QoS MAC scheduler that can classify XR and mixed traffic based on the assigned QoS indicators to each traffic. We perform an end-to-end system level evaluation under two scenarios using the ns-3 5G-LENA simulator. First, we validate the correct operation of the QoS MAC scheduler in a single-cell scenario under non-saturation and saturation conditions. Then, we consider a realistic multi-cell scenario defined by the ITU-R and used for calibration of the 5G-LENA simulator, in order to evaluate the proposed solution and study its performance under realistic network conditions. Results demonstrate the correct functionality of the proposed QoS MAC scheduler and prove its ability to classify XR and other types of traffic based on the desired QoS indicators. © 2023 Elsevier B.V.

形態: カラー図版あり, Physical characteristics: Original contains color illustrations, Accepted: 2020-07-26, 資料番号: PA2110060000

Due to the rapid technology evolution and standardization activity in the mobile communication networks, there is the need for the research community to be able to develop, test and evaluate new and/or already existing solutions before industrial or real-network implementation. As such, it is essential to have an open-source tool that provides an alternative solution to that of industrial proprietary simulators that are not available for public usage. ns-3 5G-LENA simulator is an end-to-end open-source NR system-level simulator that allows extensive research to be performed. However, it is of great importance to guarantee that the results obtained using the simulator can be comparable to that of industrial simulators and real networks. For this reason, calibrating the simulator based on 3GPP defined specifications is crucial. Based on the above, in this paper we calibrate the ns-3 5G-LENA simulator according to the 3GPP reference results for NR-based outdoor deployments. Moreover, we explore the REM feature provided by the simulator, to ease the calibration process and understand better the radio environment. Results show the resemblance of the simulator performance to that of simulators used as references by 3GPP. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

System level simulations, which are gaining on importance in the product concept design process and in the Hardware-in-the-Loop (HiL) applications, require models that feature high level of accuracy, high level of prediction capability and short computational times. This paper presents an innovative mechanistic quasi 3D model capable of real time computation of steady state and transient fuel cell operation. This model relies on a hybrid 3D analytic-numerical model (HAN) approach, which models species transport by taking 1D numerical model for pipe gas-flow and superimposing onto it a 2D analytic solution for concentration and velocity distribution in the plane perpendicular to the gas-flow. The main innovative contribution of this paper comprises a significant mathematical reduction of the previously published HAN approach to a computationally optimized approach featuring a minimal amount of computational points yielding a real-time capable model (denoted HAN-RT), which complies with 1kHz HiL constraints while retaining HAN's quasi 3D nature. Presented results confirm that the computationally optimized HAN-RT model displays real-time capabilities at sampling rates above 1 kHz while producing results that agree very well with spatially resolved results generated by the 3D multiphase CFD tool and with the experimental results of steady state and transient fuel cell operation.

Devido à necessidade de atender aos requisitos associados ao mercado móvel cada vez mais exigente, a quinta geração (5G) de comunicações sem fio é caracterizada por proporcionar alta eficiência espectral (SE) e elevada eficiência energética (EE). Neste enquadramento, surgem tecnologias fundamentais para redes de próxima geração, como os sistemas massivos com múltiplas entradas e múltiplas saídas (M-MIMO) baseados em modulação espacial generalizada (GSM), a qual constitui um caso específico de modulação de índices (IM). Nestes sistemas, torna-se possível a utilização de ondas milimétricas (mmWave), as quais permitem providenciar taxas de dados mais elevadas, embora introduzam limitações na cobertura, devido ao aumento da atenuação do sinal. Com o intuito de avaliar o desempenho da comunicação milimétrica em sistemas 5G, efetuou-se o desenvolvimento e atualização de um simulador a nível de sistema, de forma a simular uma rede 5G New Radio (NR), incluindo a implementação de três cenários tridimensionais distintos (UMa, UMi - Street canyon e InO), aplicando diferentes modulações e a mesma numerologia e faixa de frequência. Numa segunda etapa, procedeu-se à análise e discussão dos resultados obtidos, derivados das diversas simulações elaboradas, tanto a nível de "throughput", em função do número de utilizadores e do número de antenas TRP ativas, como a nível de cobertura. Assim, os resultados indicam que os cenários "outdoor", particularmente o cenário UMa, apresentam melhor desempenho e, a nível de "throughput", a modulação 64QAM permite alcançar resultados mais elevados, enquanto que, a nível de cobertura, a modulação QPSK apresenta a melhor performance. Due to the need to meet the requirements of the increasingly demanding mobile market, the fifth generation (5G) of wireless communications is characterized by providing high spectral efficiency (SE) and high energy efficiency (EE). Therefore, there are emerging fundamental technologies used for the next generation networks, such as massive multiple-input multiple-output systems (M-MIMO) based on generalized spatial modulation (GSM), which constitutes a particular case of index modulation (IM). In these systems, it is possible to use millimeter waves (mmWave), which provide extreme data rates, although limitations in coverage are introduced due to the increased signal attenuation. With the purpose of evaluate the performance of millimeter wave communication in 5G systems, a system-level simulator was developed and updated, in order to simulate a 5G New Radio (NR) network, where three different three-dimensional scenarios (UMa, UMi – Street canyon and InO) were employed, using different modulations and the same numerology and frequency range. In a second phase, the results obtained from the system level simulations were analysed and discussed, both in terms of throughput, depending on the number of users and the number of active TRP antennas, and in terms of coverage. Consequently, the results indicate that outdoor scenarios, particularly the UMa scenario, can achieve an improved performance and, in terms of throughput, 64QAM modulation is able to obtain superior results, while, in terms of coverage, QPSK modulation presents the best performance.

Due to the rapid technology evolution and standardization activity in the mobile communication networks, there is the need for the research community to be able to develop, test and evaluate new and/or already existing solutions before industrial or real-network implementation. As such, it is essential to have an open-source tool that provides an alternative solution to that of industrial proprietary simulators that are not available for public usage. ns-3 5G-LENA simulator is an end-to-end open-source NR system-level simulator that allows extensive research to be performed. However, it is of great importance to guarantee that the results obtained using the simulator can be comparable to that of industrial simulators and real networks. For this reason, calibrating the simulator based on 3GPP defined specifications is crucial. Based on the above, in this paper we calibrate the ns-3 5G-LENA simulator according to the 3GPP reference results for NR-based outdoor deployments. Moreover, we explore the REM feature provided by the simulator, to ease the calibration process and understand better the radio environment. Results show the resemblance of the simulator performance to that of simulators used as references by 3GPP. © 2022 Elsevier B.V.

The fifth-generation (5G) radio networks will support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). In the uplink, the latency can be reduced by removing the time-consuming and error-prone scheduling procedure and, instead, using the grant-free (GF) transmissions. Reaching the strict URLLC reliability requirements with GF transmissions is, however, particularly challenging due to the wireless channel uncertainties and interference from other URLLC devices. As a consequence, the supported URLLC capacity and, hence, the spectral efficiency are typically low. Multi-cell reception, i.e., joint reception and combining by multiple base-stations (BS), is a technique known from long-term evolution (LTE), with the potential to greatly enhance the reliability. This paper proposes the use of multi-cell reception to increase the URLLC spectral efficiency while satisfying the strict requirements using GF transmissions in a 5G new radio (NR) scenario. We evaluate the achievable URLLC capacity for an elaborate multi-cell reception parameter space and multi-cell combining techniques. In addition, we demonstrate that rethinking of the radio resource management (RRM) in the presence of multi-cell reception is needed to unleash the full potential of multi-cell reception in the context of UL GF URLLC. It is observed that multi-cell reception, compared to a single-cell reception, can provide URLLC capacity gains from 205% to 440% when the BSs are equipped with two receive antennas and 53% to 22% when BSs are equipped with four receive antennas, depending on whether the retransmissions are enabled.

This study investigates the feasibility of using Long Term Evolution (LTE) cellular networks for the real-time smart grid state estimation. The smart grid state estimation requires measurement reports from different nodes installed in the smart grid. Therefore, the uplink LTE radio delay performance is selected as key performance indicator for the collection of the desired measurements. The analysis is conducted for two types of measurement nodes, namely Smart Meters (SMs) and Wide Area Monitoring and Supervision (WAMS) nodes, installed in the (future) smart grids. The SM and WAMS measurements are fundamental input for the real-time state estimation of the smart grid. The LTE delay evaluation approach is performed via ‘snap-shot’ system level simulations of an LTE system where the physical resource allocation, modulation and coding scheme selection and retransmissions are modelled. The impact on the LTE delay is analyzed for two different LTE resource allocation approaches, namely, simple random scheduler with fixed LTE physical resource allocation per user, and time-based LTE scheduler with flexible LTE physical resource allocation per user. The results show that time-delay prioritized scheduling in combination with flexible PRB assignment greatly reduces the maximum delay when compared to simple random scheduling and fixed PRB assignment. This type of scheduling approach and flexible PRB allocation is recommended for supporting time critical smart grid applications within LTE.

5th generation radio networks should efficiently support services with diverse requirements. For achieving better resource utilization, the sharing of the radio channel between the different services is an attractive solution. While the downlink multiplexing can be well accomplished with dynamic scheduling, efficient multiplexing of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) in uplink is still an open problem. In particular, we consider the case of URLLC using grant-free allocation for sporadic transmissions, multiplexed on shared resources with eMBB with high data volume. Since the moment in which a grant-free transmission occurs is not known, URLLC and eMBB transmissions overlay. Power control settings are then assessed as a way to manage the performance trade-off between the services. Due to the complexity of 5G new radio, the evaluation is based on advanced system level simulations. Insights regarding the configuration of fractional power control settings upon the coexistence of the different services are presented.

This thesis concentrates on evaluating and improving the throughput performances of mobile users in high speed vehicles. In particular, high speed train (HST) scenarios are considered. Emphasis is placed on practical designs and methods that take into account distinctive HST characteristics. A two-hop communication link, i.e., base station (BS)-to-HST and HST-to-onboard users (OBUs) is adopted. The main target is to improve the throughput performance on the BS-to-HST communication link, which is assumed to be the main bottleneck in the whole communication link, since the HST-to-OBU communication link is assumed to have good channel quality due to the short link distance with relatively stationary OBUs. The algorithms developed are assessed through link and system level simulations. A theoretical and practical study of the throughput maximization problem in a single and multi-cell multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (MIMO-OFDM) train scenario are considered with and without cooperation between train carriages. Two low-complexity transmission schemes based on simple antenna selection (AS) methods with spatial multiplexing (SM) are proposed. The simulation results demonstrate that large antenna arrays with AS and SM transmission strategies have the potential to significantly improve the throughput of the BS-to-train link in HST scenarios. Resource sharing methodologies between the moving relay nodes (MRNs) on the HST and ground macro users (GMUs) were also studied in a multi-cell MIMO-OFDM train scenario. Direct application of existing resource scheduling methods will not be appropriate to efficiently and fairly share resources, since the MRNs and the GMUs have different processing capabilities. Hence, two hybrid resource scheduling methods are analyzed in conjunction with joint and disjoint resource management. The tradeoff between the number of MRNs and receive antennas that should be installed on an HST was also examined in the context of throughput performance and capital expenditure. Results show that joint scheduling does not provide the best overall performance and there is a need to schedule each group of mobile terminals (MTs) separately. Finally, the feasibility of the use of higher frequency bands (HFBs) was examined in HST scenarios. A timer-based beam selection scheme for HST, which does not require any training time to select the appropriate beam is also proposed. The proposed beam selection scheme (PBSS) displays a close performance to the ideal singular value decomposition (SVD) scheme. Tiivistelmä Tämä väitöskirja keskittyy mobiilikäyttäjien tiedonsiirtonopeuksien arviointiin ja parantamiseen nopeasti liikkuvissa kulkuneuvoissa. Työ käsittelee erityisesti tiedonsiirtoa suurnopeusjunissa. Työssä korostetaan käytännön menetelmiä, jotka ottavat huomioon nopeasti liikkuvien junien tiedonsiirron erityispiirteet. Työssä käytetään kahden hypyn linkkimallia, jossa tiedonsiirto kulkee tukiasemalta junaan ja junasta käyttäjälle, joka on junassa. Päätavoite on parantaa datanopeuksia tukiaseman ja junan välisessä tiedonsiirtolinkissä, jonka uskotaan olevan suurin pullonkaula koko tiedonsiirtolinkissä, koska junan ja lähes paikallaan olevan käyttäjän välinen kanava voidaan olettaa hyvälaatuiseksi linkin lyhyyden vuoksi. Kehitettyjen algoritmien suorituskykyä arvioidaan linkki- ja järjestelmätason simulaatioilla. Työssä tutkitaan tiedonsiirtonopeuden maksimointiongelmaa teoreettisella ja käytännön tasolla yhden ja usean solun MIMO OFDM junaskenaarioissa, joissa junan vaunut tekevät tai eivät tee yhteistyötä. Työssä esitetään kaksi alhaisen kompleksisuuden lähetysmenetelmää, jotka hyödyntävät yksinkertaista antennin valintamenetelmää ja tilatason multipleksointia. Simulointitulokset osoittavat, että suuret antenniryhmät, jotka hyödyntävät näitä lähetysmenetelmiä, voivat parantaa merkittävästi tiedonsiirtonopeutta tukiasemalta junaan päin. Työssä tutkitaan myös resurssien jakomenetelmiä liikkuvien junassa olevien releiden ja maatason makrokäyttäjien välillä monen solun MIMO-OFDM junaskenaariossa. Nykyisten resurssinhallintamenetelmien käyttö ei ole suoraan mahdollista tehokasta ja oikeudenmukaista resurssien jakoa, koska releillä ja makrokäyttäjillä on erilaiset prosessointikyvyt. Tämän vuoksi työssä analysoidaan kahta hybridimenetelmään resurssien skeduloinnille. Tutkimukset selventävät tasapainoa releiden lukumäärän ja junaan asennettavien vastaanotinantennien välillä tiedonsiirtonopeuden ja kustannusten osalta. Tulokset osoittavat, että yhteinen resurssien jako ei saavuta parasta suorituskykyä, eikä ole tarvetta ajoittaa jokaista matkaviestinterminaaliryhmää erikseen. Lopuksi työssä tutkitaan korkeampien taajuusalueiden soveltuvuutta tiedonsiirtoon suurnopeusjunissa. Työssä ehdotetaan ajastinpohjaista keilanvalintamenetelmää, joka ei vaadi opetusjaksoa sopivan keilan valintaan. Ehdotetun menetelmän saavuttama suorituskyky on lähellä ideaalisen singulaariarvohajotelmaa hyödyntävän menetelmän suorituskykyä.

Ultra-reliable and low latency communication (URLLC) presents the most challenging use cases for fifth generation (5G) mobile networks. Traditionally the focus for mobile broadband has been to optimize the system throughput for high speed data traffic. However the optimization criteria for URLLC should focus on achieving small packets transmissions under strict targets such as 99.999% reliability within 1 ms. Power control is one candidate technology component for improving reliability and latency. In this work we investigate the power control for grant-free URLLC transmissions through extensive system level simulations in a urban outdoor scenario. We initially compare different settings for open loop power control (OLPC) with full and with fractional path loss compensation. Then we evaluate whether power boosting the retransmission can reduce the probability of packets delays under the 1 ms constraint. We also discuss the practical implication of applying power boosting. With full path loss compensation and boosting retransmissions, we show that a URLLC load such as 1200 small packets per second per cell can be achieved in the considered scenario.

In this paper, we assess the suitability of NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) cellular technology for smart grid applications, concentrating on the reliable and timely delivery of Outage Restoration Management (ORM) messages at the event of a local or regional power outage. Using system-level simulations modelling of both the cellular NB-IoT and the energy distribution networks for different environments, we present an extensive sensitivity analysis of the ORM service performance w.r.t. various radio network configurations. In particular, we propose and analyze different packet schedulers, an essential mechanism in optimizing the service performance. A key outcome of the study is the conclusion that indeed NB-IoT is a suitable technology for supporting ORM services in smart grids, accompanied with a proposed near-optimal radio network configuration to best do so.

The aim of this thesis is to devise novel co-primary spectrum sharing (CoPSS) methods for future fifth generation (5G) networks and beyond. The target is to improve data rates of small cell networks (SCNs) in which mobile network operators (MNOs) share their dedicated frequency spectrum (spectrum pooling) or a common spectrum (mutual renting). The performance of the proposed methods is assessed through extensive system-level simulations. MNOs typically acquire exclusive usage rights for certain frequency bands and have little incentive to share spectrums with other operators. However, due to higher cost and spectrum scarcity at lower frequencies it is expected that efficient use of the spectrum in 5G networks will rely more on spectrum sharing than exclusive licenses. This is especially true for new higher candidate frequencies (> 6 GHz) that do not have a pre-existing spectrum regulation framework. In the first part of the thesis, we tackle the challenge of providing higher data rates within limited spectral resources. Each SCN MNO has its own dedicated spectrum, and each MNO defines a percentage of how much its spectrum it is willing to share. The idea of the proposed CoPSS algorithms is that the spectrum is dynamically shared among MNOs based on their spectrum utilization, which is shared among MNOs in the network. This way interference can be avoided and spectrum utilization is maximized. Unused resources are shared equally between overloaded MNOs for a given time instant. Thus, only short-term fairness among overloaded SCNs can be guaranteed. In the second part, we consider a multi-operator small cell network where MNOs share a common pool of radio resources. The goal is to ensure the long term fairness of spectrum sharing without coordination among small cell base stations. We develop a decentralized control mechanism for base stations using the Gibbs sampling based learning tool, which allocates suitable amount of the spectrum for each base station while avoiding interference from SCNs and maximizing the total network throughput. In the studied scenarios, we show the importance of coordination among MNOs when the dedicated spectrum is shared. However, when MNOs share a common spectrum, a decentralized control mechanism can be used to allocate suitable amounts of spectrum for each base station. The proposed algorithms are shown to be effective for different network layouts, by achieving significant data rate enhancements with a low overhead. Tiivistelmä Tämä väitöskirja keskittyy kehittämään uusia menetelmiä, joilla jaetaan taajuuksia useiden operaattoreiden kesken tulevista viidennen sukupolven verkoista alkaen. Päätavoite on parantaa tiedonsiirtonopeuksia sellaisissa piensoluverkoissa, joissa matkapuhelinoperaattorit jakavat joko heidän omia taajuusalueitaan tai heillä yhteisomistuksessa olevia taajuuksia. Kehitettyjen menetelmien suorituskykyä arvioidaan mittavien järjestelmätason simulointien avulla. Matkapuhelinoperaattorit tyypillisesti omistavat yksin tietyt taajuusalueet, eivätkä ole valmiita jakamaan niitä. On kuitenkin oletettu, että tulevaisuudessa matkapuhelinoperaattorit joutuvat jakamaan taajuuksia, koska taajuusalueet ovat kalliita ja niukkoja erityisesti matalilla taajuusalueilla. Korkeammat taajuusalueet (> 6 GHz) puolestaan muodostavat otollisen alustan tehokkaalle spektrin jaetulle käytölle, koska niillä ei ole vielä olemassa olevaa taajuussääntelyä. Väitöskirjan ensimmäisessä osassa keskitytään kasvattamaan tiedonsiirtonopeuksia kun jokainen matkapuhelinoperaattori omistaa oman taajuuskaistansa ja matkapuhelinoperaattorit määrittävät kuinka suuren prosentuaalisen osuuden ovat valmiita jakamaan. Esitettyjen algoritmien päätavoite on jakaa taajuuksia dynaamisesti matkapuhelinoperaattoreiden kesken. Algoritmeissa hyödynnetään tietoa matkapuhelinoperaattoreiden taajuuden käyttöasteesta, jonka matkapuhelinoperaattoritkommunikoivat toisilleen. Näin häiriö voidaan välttää ja taajuuden käyttö maksimoidaan. Käyttämättömät taajuudet jaetaan tasaisesti matkapuhelinoperaattorien kesken tietyllä ajanhetkellä. Näin voidaan taata lyhytaikainen oikeudenmukainen taajuuksien käyttö, mutta ei pitkäaikaista oikeudenmukaista taajuuksien käyttöä. Väitöskirjan toisessa osassa matkapuhelinoperaattorit jakavat yhteisomistuksessa olevia taajuuksia. Tavoitteena on saavuttaa pitkäaikainen taajuuksien oikeudenmukainen käyttö, kun piensoluverkot eivät kommunikoi keskenään. Työssä kehitetään piensoluverkoille hajautettu algoritmi, joka perustuu oppimistyökaluun Gibbs-näytteistys. Näin saadaan allokoitua jokaiselle tukiasemalle tarvittava määrä taajuusresursseja niin, että häiriö tukiasemien välillä minimoidaan ja koko piensoluverkon suorituskyky maksimoidaan. Tutkituissa skenaarioissa osoitetaan matkapuhelinoperaattoreiden välisen koordinaation tärkeys, kun jaetaan omia taajuusalueita. Toisaalta kun operaattorit jakavat yhteisomistuksessa olevia taajuuksia on mahdollista käyttää algoritmeja, joissa ei ole koordinaatiota matkapuhelinoperaattoreiden kesken. Väitöskirjassa vahvistetaan kehitettyjen algoritmien olevan tehokkaita ja sopivan monenlaisiin verkkoympäristöihin saavuttaen merkittäviä parannuksia tiedonsiirtonopeuteen ilman suuria kustannuksia.

This study investigates the feasibility of using Long Term Evolution (LTE), for the real-time state estimation of the smart grids. This enables monitoring and control of future smart grids. The smart grid state estimation requires measurement reports from different nodes in the smart grid and therefore the uplink LTE radio delay performance is selected as key performance indicator. The analysis is conducted for two types of measurement nodes, namely smart meters (SMs) and wide area monitoring and supervision (WAMS) nodes, installed in the (future) smart grids. The SM and WAMS measurements are fundamental input for the real-time state estimation of the smart grid. The LTE delay evaluation approach is via ‘snap-shot’ system level simulations of an LTE system where the physical resource allocation, modulation and coding scheme selection and retransmissions are modelled. The impact on the LTE delay is analyzed for different granularities of LTE resource allocation, for both urban and suburban environments. The results show that the impact of LTE resource allocation granularity on delay performance is more visible at lower number of nodes per cell. Different environments (with different inter-site distances) have limited impact to the delay performance. In general, it is challenging to reach a target maximum delay of 1 s in realistic LTE deployments (This work is partly funded by the FP7 SUNSEED project, with EC grant agreement no: 619437.). © ICST Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering 2017.

5th generation mobile networks will have to cope with a high degree of heterogeneity in terms of services, mobility, number of devices and so on. Thus, diverse and often contradicting key performance indicators need to be supported, but having multiple radio access technologies for multi-service support below 6GHz will be too costly. FANTASTIC-5G will develop a new multi-service air interface through a modular design. To allow the system to adapt to the anticipated heterogeneity, some properties need to be pursued, like simplicity, flexibility, scalability, versatility, efficiency and future proofness. Based on these properties, a selected set of use cases and link and network design will be presented. The paper will also comprise validation and system level simulations through some indicative results and will conclude with the overall impact to 5G standardisation. Copyright (c) 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

In this paper we study the performance of an interference aware iterative block decision feedback equalizer (IBDFE) for the uplink of LTE-Advanced with single carrier (SC) transmissions. The receiver makes use of the correlation between the interference in the receiving antennas and minimizes the mean squared error (MMSE) of the detected symbols. Link level simulation results show that the proposed receiver clearly outperforms the conventional IBDFE and the linear interference rejection combining (IRC) detector. System level simulation results show that the use of the new iterative receiver achieves additional throughput gains. However, the gains obtained depend on the schedulers employed and on the number of receiving antennas. info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Smart antennas exploit the inherent spatial diversity of the mobile radio channel, provide an antenna gain, and also enable spatial interference suppression leading to reduced intracell as well as intercell interference. Especially, for the downlink of future CDMA-based mobile communications systems, transmit beamforming is seen as a well-promising smart antenna technique. The main objective of this paper is to study the performance of diverse antenna array topologies when applied for transmit beamforming in the downlink of CDMA-based networks. In this paper, we focus on uniform linear array (ULA) and uniform circular array (UCA) topologies. For the ULA, we consider three-sector base stations with one linear array per sector. While recent research on downlink beamforming is often restricted to one single cell, this study takes into account the important impact of intercell interference on the performance by evaluating complete networks. Especially, from the operator perspective, system capacity and system coverage are very essential parameters of a cellular system so that there is a clear necessity of intensive system level investigations. Apart from delivering assessments on the performance of the diverse antenna array topologies, in the paper also different antenna array parameters, such as element spacing and beamwidth of the sector antennas, are optimized. Although we focus on the network level, fast channel fluctuations are taken into account by including them analytically into the signal-to-interference calculation.

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Bu tezde, sistem seviyesinde WiMAX benzeticisi gerçekleştirdik. Benzetici, IEEE 802.16 Görev Grubu m tarafından yayınlanan yöntem dokümanı ile uyumludur. Tezde,kutuplaşma kodlarının fiziksel katman soyutlanması üzerine çalıştık ve kutuplaşma kodlarını benzeticiye entegre ettik.Kutuplaşma kodları ile evrişimsel turbo kodların sistem seviyesindeki başarımlarınıkarşılaştırdık ve evrişimsel turbo kodların daha iyi bir başarıma sahip olduğunugözlemledik.Benzetici üzerinde WiMAX'in aşağı bağlantı başarımını farklı yapılanışlarda inceledik.Round robin (RR), proportional fair (PF) ve maximum sum ratio (MSR) olmak üzere, üç farklı kaynak atama yöntemi üzerinde çalıştık. MSR kaynak atama yönteminin veri hızı bakımından en iyi başarıma sahip olduğunu fakat baz istasyonundan uzaktaki kullanıcılara servis veremediğini gözlemledik.13X3, 3X3X1 ve 1X3X1 olmak üzere, üç adet frekans planlama metodu üzerine çalıştık. En yüksek veri hızını 1X3X1 metodunda ve en yüksek spektral verimliliği 1X3X3 metodunda gözlemledik. Bant AMC ve PUSC alt kanal ayrıştırma yöntemleri üzerine çalıştık. Yüksek hızlarda bant AMC'nin PUSC'dan daha iyi başarıma sahip olduğunu, düşük hızlarda ise PUSC'un başarımının daha iyi olduğunu gözlemledik. In this thesis, we implement a WiMAX system level simulator compliant with the evaluation methodology document published by the IEEE 802.16m Task Group. We study the PHY abstraction of polar codes and integrate polar codes intothe simulator. We compare the system level performances of polar code and convolutional turbo code (CTC) and observe that CTC outperforms polar code.On the simulator, we study the downlink (DL) performance of WiMAX under various configurations such as scheduling methods, subchannelization methods, andfrequency reuse models. We study there types of scheduling methods, namely round robin (RR) scheduling, proportional fair (PF) scheduling, and maximum sum rate (MSR) scheduling. We observe that MSR scheduling has the best throughput performance but does not support the users far from the base station. We study three frequency reuse models, namely 1X3X1, 1X3X3, and 3X3X1. We observe that 1X3X1 reuse model has the best throughput performance and maximum spectral efficiency is obtained in 1X3X3 reuse model. We study two subchannelization methods, namely PUSC and band AMC. We observe thatin low mobility cases, band AMC outperforms PUSC and in high mobility cases,PUSC is better than band AMC. 75

In this paper we present system level simulation results of a self-optimizing load balancing algorithm in a long-term-evolution (LTE) mobile communication system. Based on previous work, we evaluate the network performance of this algorithm that requires the load of a cell as input and controls the handover parameters. We compare the results for different simulation setups: for a basic, regular network setup, a non-regular grid with different cell sizes and also for a realistic scenario based on measurements and realistic traffic setup.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wird eine Prozedur zur Ordnungsreduktion von Finite Elemente Modellen mikromechanischer Struktur mit elektrostatischem Wirkprinzip entwickelt und analysiert. Hintergrund der Ordnungsreduktion ist eine Koordinatentransformation von lokalen Finite Elemente Koordinaten in globale Koordinaten. Die globalen Koordinaten des reduzierten Modells werden durch einige wenige Formfunktionen beschrieben. Damit wird das Makromodell nicht mehr durch lokale Knotenverschiebungen beschrieben, sondern durch globale Formfunktionen, welche die gesamte Deformation der Struktur beeinflussen. Es wird gezeigt, dass Eigenvektoren der linearisierten mechanischen Struktur einfache und effiziente Formfunktionen darstellen. Weiterhin kann diese Methode für bestimmte Nichtlinearitäten und für verschiedene in Mikrosystemen auftretende Lasten angewendet werden. Das Ergebnis sind Makromodelle, die über Klemmen in Systemsimulatoren eingebunden werden können, die Genauigkeiten einer Finite Elemente Analyse erreichen und für Systemsimulationen typische Laufzeitverhalten besitzen.

1 Introduction||2 Design and Verification in LSI System Design||3 Unified HW/SW Co-verification Methodology||4 Fast Co-verification and Design Exploration in Complex Circuits||5 Unified System Level Simulator for Very High Throughput Wireless Systems||6 Conclusion and Future Work, Currently, the complexity of embedded LSI system is growing faster than the productivity of system design. This trend results in a design productivity gap, particularly in tight development time. Since the verification task takes bigger part of development task, it becomes a major challenge in LSI system design. In order to guarantee system reliability and quality of results （QoR）, verifying large coverage of system functionality requires huge amount of relevant test cases and various scenario of evaluations. To overcome these problems, verification methodology is evolving toward supporting higher level of design abstraction by employing HW-SW co-verification. In this study, we present a novel approach for verification LSI circuit which is called as unified HW/SW co-verification framework. The study aims to improve design efficiency while maintains implementation consistency in the point of view of system-level performance. The proposed data-driven simulation and flexible interface of HW and SW design become the backbone of verification framework. In order to avoid time consuming, prone error, and iterative design spin-off in a large team, the proposed framework has to support multiple design abstractions. Hence, it can close the loop of design, exploration, optimization, and testing. Furthermore, the proposed methodology is also able to co-operate with system-level simulation in high-level abstraction, which is easy to extend for various applications and enables fast-turn around design modification. These contributions are discussed in chapter 3. In order to show the effectiveness and the use-cases of the proposed verification framework, the evaluation and metrics assessments of Very High Throughput wireless LAN system design are carried out. Two application examples are provided. The first case in chapter 4 is intended for fast verification and design exploration of large circuit. The Maximum Likelihood Detection （MLD） MIMO decoder is considered as Design Under Test （DUT）. The second case, as presented in chapter 5, is the evaluation for system-level simulation. The full transceiver system based on IEEE 802.11ac standard is employed as DUT. Experimental results show that the proposed verification approach gives significant improvements of verification time （e.g. up to 10,000 times） over the conventional scheme. The proposed framework is also able to support various schemes of system level evaluations and cross-layer evaluation of wireless system., 九州工業大学博士学位論文 学位記番号：情工博甲第328号 学位授与年月日：平成29年6月30日, 平成29年度