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Evaluation of a 4G Uplink System Based on Adaptive Single-carrier TDMA.

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

IEEE 62nd Vehicular Technology Conference , Dallas, TX, USA, Sept 25-28 2005. © 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 throughputs for packet data in particular in downlinks, without unnecessary bandwidth expansion and while providing acceptable quality of service for various classes of traffic. This research is also performed within the EU Integrated Project WINNER.

At IEEE VTC-Fall 2003, we presented our concept for an adaptive OFDM downlink in four interrelated papers (see links below). We are also performing research on corresponding TDMA/OFDMA uplinks.

However, high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) is an inherent drawback of OFDM, which requires highly linear transmitting power amplifiers and more power back-off than single-carrier systems with the same average power output. This will directly translate into higher RF front-end cost and faster battery drain in the uplink mobile terminals. Accurate time and frequency synchronization for different active users in the uplink is also a problematic issue in an OFDM based system. In this paper, we therefore investigate an alternative, the use of TDMA single-carrier transmission in adaptive uplinks.

Abstract:
Recent research has shown that a single-carrier system with frequency domain equalization can be a potential alternative to an OFDM-based system in a single user case. In this paper we propose and evaluate an adaptive single-carrier TDMA uplink with scheduling for broadband cellular packet data systems.

Frequency division duplex (FDD) is assumed. Multi- user channel estimation and channel prediction are considered. The adaptive modulation scheme is optimized to maximize the throughput including also the ARQ part of the transmission. Frequency domain equalization is employed to combat the inter-symbol-interference (ISI).

With the proposed design, the simulation results show that the multiuser diversity gain in spectral efficiency is limited in a wide-band system, which indicates that an OFDM based system might be a more favorable candidate.

Related publications:
Proc. of the IEEE (Dec. 2007) invited paper on adaptive transmission in beyond-3G wireless systems.
Paper 1 at VTC2003, on adaptive modulation, multiuser diversity and channel variability within bins in downlinks.
Paper 2 at VTC2003, on the OFDM downlink and cell planning for high SIR.
Paper 3 at VTC2003, on OFDM downlink channel estimation and channel prediction.
Paper 4 at VTC2003, on the impact of prediction errors on the adaptive modulation.
An earlier paper (WWRF 2002) on adaptive TDMA/OFDMA uplinks.

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