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Impact of Multiuser Diversity and Channel Variability on Adaptive OFDM.

Wei Wang Chalmers U. of Technology
Tony Ottosson, Chalmers U. of Technology
Mikael Sternad, Uppsala University
Anders Ahlén, Uppsala University and
Arne Svensson, Chalmers U. of Technology

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2003-Fall, Orlando, FLA, Oct. 2003. © IEEE


Outline:
The Swedish Wireless IP project studies problems that are crucial in the evolution of UMTS towards high data rates, as well as in future 4G technologies aimed at rapidly mobile terminals. The goal is to attain higher througputs for packet data in particular in downlinks, without unneccesary bandwidth expansion and while providing acceptable quality of service for various classes of traffic.

At IEEE VTC-Fall 2003, we presented our concept for an adaptive OFDM downlink in four interrelated papers (see links below). This is Paper 1 of the four papers. It discusses how the througput of the downlink improves with the number of users, if time-frequency resources in fading channels can be allocated to the users who utilize them best. This is evaluated analytically in a simplified scenario where all users have equal average signal to interference ratios. The paper discusses how time-variability of channels within time-frequency bins allocated to a particular user, with a particular modulation format, will affect the performance. We finally discuss how time-frequency bins should be designed to strike a good balance between the adverse effect of the variability within bins, which increases with bin size, and the required feedback data rate, which decreases with the bin size.

Abstract:
A downlink radio interface for cellular packet data systems with wide area coverage and high spectral efficiency is evaluated. A slotted OFDM radio interface is used, in which time-frequency bins are allocated adaptively to different mobile users within a downlink beam, or sector, based on their channel quality. Frequency division duplex (FDD) is assumed, which requires channel prediction in the terminals and feedback of this information to a packet scheduler.

The adaptive modulation scheme is optimized by a novel approach which maximizes the throughput including also the ARQ part of the transmission.

A theoretical evaluation of the resulting multiuser diversity under some idealized assumptions shows that the spectral efficiency increases significantly with the number of active users.

The simulations indicate that the loss of performance due to channel variability within the bins for vehicular users in frequency-selective fading environments is rather small.

Related publications:
Paper 2 at VTC2003, on the OFDM downlink and cell planning for high SIR.
Paper 3 at VTC2003, on OFDM channel estimation and channel prediction.
Paper 4 at VTC2003, on the impact of prediction errors on the adaptive modulation.

An overview of the Wireless IP Project (RVK02)
Proc. of the IEEE (Dec. 2007) invited paper on adaptive transmission in beyond-3G wireless systems.

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