Performance comparison of small cell and distributed antenna systems for in-building mobile communications

Temitope Alade; Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed

doi:10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746681

Performance comparison of small cell and distributed antenna systems for in-building mobile communications

Temitope Alade, Qasim Zeeshan Ahmed

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Abstract

To bring fifth generation (5G) mobile communication capabilities to indoor users, small cells and distributed antenna systems are two promising technologies being considered. This paper investigates and compares the performance of indoor deployed small cell base station (SBS) and indoor distributed antenna systems (DAS) in an isolated multi-storey building. Each floor of the building is equipped with either an indoor SBS or an indoor DAS where geographically distributed remote radio heads (RRHs) are connected to a central unit (CU), and frequency reuse is employed among floors. Signal propagation characteristics within multi-storey buildings and the impact of inter floor interference on performance is analysed and compared for both systems. The effect of different reuse distances, pathloss exponents, penetration loss and co-channel interference on achievable rate is analysed over a wide range of potential mobile equipment (ME) locations.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2019 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Number of pages	6
Volume	2019-April
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728112176
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746681
Publication status	Published - 27 Jun 2019
Event	89th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference: VTC Spring 2019 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Duration: 28 Apr 2019 → 1 May 2019 Conference number: 89 http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2019spring/

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Conference	89th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
Country/Territory	Malaysia
City	Kuala Lumpur
Period	28/04/19 → 1/05/19
Internet address	http://www.ieeevtc.org/vtc2019spring/

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Alade, T & Ahmed, QZ 2019, Performance comparison of small cell and distributed antenna systems for in-building mobile communications. in 2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2019 - Proceedings. vol. 2019-April, 8746681, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 89th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 28/04/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2019.8746681

Performance comparison of small cell and distributed antenna systems for in-building mobile communications. / Alade, Temitope; Ahmed, Qasim Zeeshan.

2019 IEEE 89th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Spring 2019 - Proceedings. Vol. 2019-April Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019. 8746681.

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