First International Workshop on C-RAN

Research Article

Field Test of Uplink CoMP Joint Processing with C-RAN Testbed

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417584,
        author={Lei Li and Jinhua Liu and Kaihang Xiong and Peter Butovitsch},
        title={Field Test of Uplink CoMP Joint Processing with C-RAN Testbed},
        proceedings={First International Workshop on C-RAN},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={C-RAN},
        year={2013},
        month={2},
        keywords={lte; lte-a; multiple-input-multiple-output (mimo); coordinated multi-point (comp); inter-cell interference coodination (icic); interference rejection combination (irc); field test; uplink; heterogenous network},
        doi={10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417584}
    }
    
  • Lei Li
    Jinhua Liu
    Kaihang Xiong
    Peter Butovitsch
    Year: 2013
    Field Test of Uplink CoMP Joint Processing with C-RAN Testbed
    C-RAN
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/ChinaCom.2012.6417584
Lei Li1,*, Jinhua Liu1, Kaihang Xiong1, Peter Butovitsch1
  • 1: Ericsson (China) Communications Co. Ltd
*Contact email: lei.m.li@ericsson.com

Abstract

Uplink Coordinated Multi-Point (CoMP) joint processing has the potential to improve uplink capacity by joint processing the received signal from more antennas and nodes. With C-RAN architecture, centralized and coordinated baseband processing among base stations become feasible. This paper introduces LTE uplink CoMP joint processing -- the principles, simulation evaluations, field testbed and test results. The field test is done with C-RAN field testbed which is built around Ericsson office in Beijing. Both the simulation evaluations and field test results show that uplink CoMP has great gain at the cell edge especially when there is interference, so it can be a good solution to improve the cell edge throughput of the LTE system.