ELE5TDE Project 1 Introduction This project is the major assessment part of the ELE5TDE subject. The project is based on the 4G LTE technology. You will be required to design a network of LTE eNB (base-stations) according to the given specifications. The LTE network design will be done using the CelPlanner 11.63 software. Students can work in groups of two but each student must submit an individual report. Severe penalities apply if students are found plagiarising their work/report. 2 Coverage area There are 4 coverage areas given by the edge coordinates (top (North), bottom (South), right (East), left (West)). You will be assigned to one of these area to work on. 1. North 32o, 29', 21.0" N; South 32o, 21', 00.9" N ; East 093o, 41', 49.5" W; West 093o, 54', 48.8" W. 2. North 32o, 25', 20.0" N; South 32o, 17', 01.0" N ; East 093o, 41', 49.5" W; West 093o, 54', 48.8" W. 3. North 32o, 29', 21.0" N; South 32o, 21', 00.9" N ; East 093o, 44', 50.0" W; West 093o, 57', 50.0" W. 4. North 32o, 25', 20.0" N; South 32o, 17', 01.0" N ; East 093o, 44', 50.0" W; West 093o, 57', 50.0" W. Click Presentation !Area and enter the coordinates to view the area. The dimensions of each area is approximately 20km ×15km (you should check this). 3 Design specifications The project is divided into two parts. The first part does NOT use sectoring and the second part DOES use sectoring. Unless otherwise specified, all parameters and options should be set to that used in Lab 4: Base Station Simulation. The common specification for both parts are: System Parameters: • Topography and morphology database should be enabled. 1• Frequency Table: GSMR39. • Base station antenna height above morphology (AGL+MFL). • Subscriber antenna height above ground (AGL). Terminal Configuration: • Antenna Height: 1.5m (note that this is different from lab 4 ). 3.1 Part 1 : Non-sectored design Radio Configuration: • Bandwidth: 10 MHz. • Modulation schemes: QPSK 1/3, 16-QAM 1/3, 64-QAM 1/3. Service Configuration: • Service Type: Fixed Rate • Required Bit Error rate - BER: 10−4. Environment Configuration: • Mobility: Static Radio Base Station: • 1 sector • Prediction Resolution: 1". • Prediction Radius: 4 Km. • Antenna: any omnidirectional antenna. • Antenna Power: maximum 80 W. • Antenna Height: maximum 15 m. • Channel resource: choice of channel 1 till channel 9.Performance Target: • Minimum Downstream C/I = 12 dB. • Minimum Downstream Data Rate = 10 Mbps for all areas. 3.2 Part 2 : Sectored Design Radio Configuration: • Bandwidth: 10 MHz. • Modulation schemes: one QPSK, one 16-QAM, one 64-QAM. You have the choice to choose the code rate for each modulation. Service Configuration: • Service Type: Fixed Rate • Required Bit Error rate - BER: 10−4. Environment Configuration: • Mobility: Vehicular (120 km/h). Radio Base Station: • 3 sectors. • Prediction Resolution: 1". • Prediction Radius: 4 Km. • Antenna: 7146-11, 7129-12 or 7145-11. • Antenna Power: maximum 80 W. • Antenna Height: maximum 30 m. • Channel resource: choice of channel 1 till channel 9.Performance Target: • Minimum Downstream C/I = 12 dB. • Minimum Downstream Data Rate = 12 Mbps for all areas. • Minimum Downstream Data Rate = 35 Mbps for 40% of area. NOTE: In the initial design stages the prediction radius can be set to a lower value, say the distance to the nearest base station, but to evaluate the final performance the radius should be set to 4 Km. 4 Design Objective The aim is to get as close as possible to the performance targets or even exceed the targets with efficient use of resources. You should attempt to, in order of priority: 1. Use as few base stations as possible. 2. Minimize the antenna heights. The average heights of all antennas is taken as the resource measure. 3. Minimize the antenna powers. The average power of all antennas is taken as the resource measure. NOTE: In the initial design stages the prediction radius can be set to a lower value, say the distance to the nearest base station, but to evaluate the final performance the radius should be set to 4 Km. 5 Assessment The are two parts to the assessment 1. Report: submission in week 11. More details will be released later. 2. Demonstration: week 12. More details will be released later.