Evaluation of HSDPA and LTE: From Testbed Measurements to System Level Performance (Hardcover)

With the roll-out of LTE, high data throughput is promised to be available to cellular users. In case you have ever wondered how high this throughput really is, this book is the right read for you: At first, it presents results from experimental research and simulations of the physical layer of HSDPA, WiMAX, and LTE. Next, it explains in detail how measurements on such systems need to be performed in order to achieve reproducible and repeatable results. The book further addresses how wireless links can be evaluated by means of standard-compliant link-level simulation. The major challenge in this context is their complexity when investigating complete wireless cellular networks. Consequently, it is shown how system-level simulators with a higher abstraction level can be designed such that their results still match link-level simulations. Exemplarily, the book finally presents optimizations of wireless systems over several cells.

This book:

• Explains how the performance of modern cellular wireless networks can be evaluated by measurements and simulations
• Discusses the concept of testbeds, highlighting the challenges and expectations when building them
• Explains measurement techniques, including the evaluation of the measurement quality by statistical inference techniques
• Presents throughput results for HSDPA, WiMAX,  and LTE
• Demonstrates simulators at both, link- level and system-level
• Provides system-level and link-level simulators (for WiMAX and LTE) on an accompanying website (https://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/downloads/featured-downloads)

This book is an insightful guide for researchers and engineers working in the field of mobile radio communication as well as network planning. Advanced students studying related courses will also find the book interesting.

本書解釋了如何通過測量和模擬來評估現代蜂窩無線網絡的性能。隨著LTE的推出，承諾為蜂窩用戶提供高數據傳輸速率。如果你曾經想過這種傳輸速率到底有多高，這本書就是你需要閱讀的：首先，它介紹了HSDPA、WiMAX和LTE物理層的實驗研究和模擬結果。接下來，它詳細解釋了如何進行這些系統的測量，以獲得可重複和可重現的結果。本書還討論了如何通過符合標準的鏈路級模擬來評估無線鏈路。在研究完整的無線蜂窩網絡時，主要挑戰是它們的複雜性。因此，本書展示了如何設計具有更高抽象層次的系統級模擬器，以使其結果與鏈路級模擬相匹配。最後，本書通過實例展示了無線系統在多個小區域的優化。本書包括以下內容：
- 解釋了如何通過測量和模擬來評估現代蜂窩無線網絡的性能
- 討論了測試平台的概念，並強調了構建測試平台時的挑戰和期望
- 解釋了測量技術，包括通過統計推斷技術評估測量質量
- 提供了HSDPA、WiMAX和LTE的傳輸速率結果
- 展示了鏈路級和系統級的模擬器
- 在附帶網站（https://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/downloads/featured-downloads）上提供了WiMAX和LTE的系統級和鏈路級模擬器

本書對於從事移動無線通信和網絡規劃領域的研究人員和工程師非常有價值，同時也對相關課程的高級學生具有吸引力。