Performance Analysis of LTE-Advanced Physical Layer
LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) is the project name of the evolved version of LTE that is being developed by 3GPP. LTE-A will meet or exceed the requirements of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) for the Fourth Generation (4G) radio communication standard known as IMT-Advanced. LTE-A is being specified initially as part of Release 10 of the 3GPP specifications. In this paper, we present an in-depth analysis of the LTE-A downlink physical layer characteristics and its performance. Our work is unique in providing a detailed performance study based on Release 10 of the 3GPP standard. As performance metrics, Bit Error Rate (BER) and date throughput are evaluated in terms of Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) for two different Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO) schemes as defined in LTE standard under different combination of digital modulation schemes.
This study consider a first step to perform hardware implementation of LTE-A system using Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) technology that become a very important task for mobile communication and wireless network researchers.
Keywords: Long Term Evolution (LTE), Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A), Multi-Input Multi-Output (MIMO), Evolved Node B (eNB), User Equipment (UE), Codeword Bit Error Rate (CBER), Data Throughput.
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ABOUT THE AUTHORS
Mohamed Abd El-Azim Mohamed
received the PhD degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Mansoura University-Egypt by 2006. After that he worked as an assistant professor at the Electronics & Communications engineering department until now. He has 40 publications in various international journals and conferences. His current research interests are in multimedia processing, wireless communication systems, and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications.
Heba Mohamed Abd El-Atty
received the PhD degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Port Said University-Egypt by 2011. Her current research interests are in wireless communication systems, cognitive radio, security of wireless networks of and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications
Mohy El-Din Ahmed Abo El-Seoud
professor , ECE Dept. , Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Walid Mohamed Raslan
received the BSC degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Suez Canal University-Egypt by 2008. After that he worked as a demonstrator at the faculty of engineering of Sinai University-Egypt. His current research interests are in wireless communication systems and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications.
Mohamed Abd El-Azim Mohamed
received the PhD degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Mansoura University-Egypt by 2006. After that he worked as an assistant professor at the Electronics & Communications engineering department until now. He has 40 publications in various international journals and conferences. His current research interests are in multimedia processing, wireless communication systems, and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications.
Heba Mohamed Abd El-Atty
received the PhD degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Port Said University-Egypt by 2011. Her current research interests are in wireless communication systems, cognitive radio, security of wireless networks of and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications
Mohy El-Din Ahmed Abo El-Seoud
professor , ECE Dept. , Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt
Walid Mohamed Raslan
received the BSC degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering-Suez Canal University-Egypt by 2008. After that he worked as a demonstrator at the faculty of engineering of Sinai University-Egypt. His current research interests are in wireless communication systems and Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) applications.
