A Physical Cell Identifier Allocation Scheme Utilizing Received Signal Strength in SON-based LTE Systems

SON 기반 LTE 시스템에서 수신 신호 세기를 이용한 Physical Cell Identifier 할당 기법

  • 이가희 (서강대학교 통신시스템 연구실) ;
  • 신봉진 (서강대학교 통신시스템 연구실) ;
  • 홍대형 (서강대학교 통신시스템 연구실)
  • Published : 2009.12.31

Abstract

This paper proposes a self-organizing scheme which collects the information of neighboring cells, and then assigns a Physical Cell Identifier (PCI) for a newly deployed cell in LTE systems. The number of PCIs are limited, so the reuse of PCIs in different cells is unavoidable. In a dense urban environment where many small cells such as Pico/Femto cells are deployed under macro cells, it is expected that the number of PCIs becomes more limited. Therefore, the limited number of PCIs needs to be allocated very efficiently. We propose a PCI allocation scheme for a newly deployed cell that can autonomously select a PCI to increase PCI reuse efficiency by utilizing the levels of received signal strength from neighboring cells. To evaluate the performance of the proposed scheme, simulations have been developed and performed with two scenarios on the coverage types of newly deployed cells. When the proposed scheme is applied, the simulation results show that the number of PCIs required for the operation of the system can be saved so that PCIs can be efficiently reused.

본 논문에서는 Long Term Evolution (LTE) 시스템에서 새로 설치된 셀이 자율적으로 이웃 셀 정보를 수집하고 Physical Cell Identifier (PCI)를 결정하는 방안을 제안한다. PCI의 수는 한정되어 재사용이 필요하며, 도심 환경에서 Macro 셀 안에 Pico/Femto 셀과 같은 작은 크기의 셀이 다수 설치되면 PCI의 수는 더욱 제한될 것으로 예상된다. 따라서 제한된 수의 PCI를 효율적으로 할당하는 연구가 필요하다. 본 논문에서는 Self-Organization Network (SON) 환경에서 셀이 주변 셀들로부터 오는 수신신호세기를 수집하고, 이를 이용하여 PCI 재사용 효율을 높일 수 있도록 자율적으로 PCI를 할당하는 방안을 제안한다. 모의실험을 구성하여 제안한 방안이 적용된 경우의 성능을 분석하였고, 새로 설치되는 셀의 커버리지 타입에 따른 성능도 도출하고 분석하였다. 제안한 기법을 적용하면 시스템을 운용하는데 필요한 PCI의 수를 줄여 효율적으로 PCI를 재사용할 수 있음을 확인하였다

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