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A standardization of AGNSS-Packet Timing Hybrid for a Synchronization of Femtocell

펨토셀 기지국 동기 획득을 위한 AGNSS-Packet Timing 하이브리드 표준화

  • 김정훈 (LG-Ericsson CN_R&D Access Network팀) ;
  • 이지훈 (LG-Ericsson CN_R&D Access Network팀) ;
  • 신준효 (LG-Ericsson CN_R&D Access Network팀) ;
  • 정석종 (LG-Ericsson CN_R&D Access Network팀)
  • Received : 2011.07.13
  • Accepted : 2011.12.02
  • Published : 2011.12.30

Abstract

The synchronization is one of the important issues for successful operation of femtocell. The synchronization of femtocell is distinctly different from that of larger wireless base stations in a number of important respects such as 1) The femtocell is located in indoor environment which may make it difficult to receive the adequate GNSS signals. 2) The backhaul of femtocell is connected to the public network which may have more PDV than private network. 3) The entire cost of femtocell needs to be very low. In our thesis, we investigate the candidate solutions including AGNSS (Assisted GNSS), NTP (Network Time Protocol), PTP (Precision Timing Protocol) and Cellular Network Listen for indoor timing solution. We propose the AGNSS-PTP Hybrid scheme which can improve time and frequency quality by selecting the better reference between AGNSS and PTP, and cover the standard status which are under discussion from IEEE, ITU-T, and IETF.

동기 획득은 펨토셀 기지국의 안정적인 동작을 위해 가져야 할 주요 기술적 과제 중 하나이다. 특히 펨토셀 기지국의 경우는 설치되는 환경적 특수성에 의해 제약을 받는다. 첫째 펨토셀 기지국이 위치하는 실내 환경에서의 전파 감쇄와 상호 간섭등의 제약 요인이다. 둘째, 펨토셀 기지국이 연결되는 백홀 네트워크에 따른 제약이 있다. 이 밖에도, 무선 연결성을 제공하는 다른 기술의 AP와 같이 기술 구성에 있어서 저 비용이 요구되는 기술이어야 한다. 본 논문에서는 실내에서 위치 측위와 타이밍 획득을 위한 기술들을 살펴보고 AGNSS-Packet Timing 하이브리드 기술의 필요성 및 진행 중인 관련 표준화와 연관된 내용을 다루도록 한다.

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