Design of a Computationally Efficient Dynamic System‐Level Simulator for Enterprise LTE Femtocell Scenarios

• DOI: 10.1155/2012/802606
• Publication Date: 2012-12-18T21:02:43Z
• Authors: J. M. Ruiz-Avilés; S. Luna-Ramírez; M. Toril; F. Ruiz; I. de la Bandera; P. Muñoz; R. Barco; P. Lázaro; V. Buenestado
• Keywords: Femtocell

In the context of Long‐Term Evolution (LTE), next generation mobile telecommunication network, femtocells are low‐power base stations that efficiently provide coverage and capacity indoors. This paper presents a computationally efficient dynamic system‐level LTE simulator for enterprise femtocell scenarios. The includes specific mobility traffic propagation models indoor environments. A physical layer abstraction is performed to predict link‐layer performance with low computational cost. At link layer, two important functions included increase network capacity: Link Adaptation Dynamic Scheduling. other Radio Resource Management functionalities, such as Admission Control Mobility Management, also included. resulting tool can be used test validate optimization algorithms in Self‐Organizing Networks (SON).