TY - GEN
T1 - Throughput performance insights of LTE Release 8
T2 - 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013
AU - Ghaleb, Abdulaziz M.
AU - Chieng, David
AU - Ting, Alvin
AU - Abdulkafi, Ayad
AU - Lim, Kim Chuan
AU - Lim, Heng Siong
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - LTE wireless mobile broadband networks, in particularly those based on 3GPP Release 8 (Rel. 8) specification, have already made strong inroads into the commercial arena worldwide. In Malaysia, 8 companies have been allocated spectrum in 2.6GHz Band (LTE band class 7). This paper aims to provide some high level insights on the throughput performance of these spectrums. Although a lot of studies have been undertaken with regards to LTE network performances, various degrees of discrepancy still exist in particularly concerning network layer (IP) throughput. A wide array of factors may contribute to these differences, which include differences in methodology adopted, levels of abstraction (or details) used in the simulation model, environment and/or usage scenarios and so on. Using OPNET's latest LTE library, we study the effects of duplexing scheme (FDD vs. TDD), MCS, channel bandwidth, bearer's type (GBR or non-GBR) for the allocated spectrums. The impact of multiple users' access on the throughput performance is also analyzed. This work enables us to compare and contrast our findings with the existing studies while providing more accurate views on how the main system level configurations may impact the network layer throughput performance of the emerging LTE networks in Malaysia.
AB - LTE wireless mobile broadband networks, in particularly those based on 3GPP Release 8 (Rel. 8) specification, have already made strong inroads into the commercial arena worldwide. In Malaysia, 8 companies have been allocated spectrum in 2.6GHz Band (LTE band class 7). This paper aims to provide some high level insights on the throughput performance of these spectrums. Although a lot of studies have been undertaken with regards to LTE network performances, various degrees of discrepancy still exist in particularly concerning network layer (IP) throughput. A wide array of factors may contribute to these differences, which include differences in methodology adopted, levels of abstraction (or details) used in the simulation model, environment and/or usage scenarios and so on. Using OPNET's latest LTE library, we study the effects of duplexing scheme (FDD vs. TDD), MCS, channel bandwidth, bearer's type (GBR or non-GBR) for the allocated spectrums. The impact of multiple users' access on the throughput performance is also analyzed. This work enables us to compare and contrast our findings with the existing studies while providing more accurate views on how the main system level configurations may impact the network layer throughput performance of the emerging LTE networks in Malaysia.
KW - LTE
KW - OPNET
KW - Performance
KW - Throughput
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84883703166&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IWCMC.2013.6583569
DO - 10.1109/IWCMC.2013.6583569
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84883703166
SN - 9781467324793
T3 - 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013
SP - 258
EP - 263
BT - 2013 9th International Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing Conference, IWCMC 2013
Y2 - 1 July 2013 through 5 July 2013
ER -