This book introduces the Vienna Simulator Suite for 3rd-Generation
Partnership Project (3GPP)-compatible Long Term Evolution-Advanced
(LTE-A) simulators and presents applications to demonstrate their uses
for describing, designing, and optimizing wireless cellular LTE-A
networks.
Part One addresses LTE and LTE-A link level techniques. As there has
been high demand for the downlink (DL) simulator, it constitutes the
central focus of the majority of the chapters. This part of the book
reports on relevant highlights, including single-user (SU), multi-user
(MU) and single-input-single-output (SISO) as well as
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transmissions. Furthermore, it
summarizes the optimal pilot pattern for high-speed communications as
well as different synchronization issues. One chapter is devoted to
experiments that show how the link level simulator can provide input to
a testbed. This section also uses measurements to present and validate
fundamental results on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
transmissions that are not limited to LTE-A. One chapter exclusively
deals with the newest tool, the uplink (UL) link level simulator, and
presents cutting-edge results.
In turn, Part Two focuses on system-level simulations. From early on,
system-level simulations have been in high demand, as people are
naturally seeking answers when scenarios with numerous base stations and
hundreds of users are investigated. This part not only explains how
mathematical abstraction can be employed to speed up simulations by
several hundred times without sacrificing precision, but also
illustrates new theories on how to abstract large urban heterogeneous
networks with indoor small cells. It also reports on advanced
applications such as train and car transmissions to demonstrate the
tools' capabilities.
