TY - GEN
T1 - A centralized method for PCI assignment with common reference signal frequency shift control
AU - Wielgoszewska, Anna
AU - Lopez-Perez, David
AU - Claussen, Holger
AU - Gacanin, Haris
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 IEEE.
PY - 2016/7/12
Y1 - 2016/7/12
N2 - Self-configuration of network parameters is a desired network management feature, especially in dense small cell deployments. One of the key parameters that requires such autonomous set up is the cell ID. Its configuration to a large extent influences the network performance affecting such mechanisms as network access, decoding, handover, and is therefore of a very high importance. In this paper a new centralised method for Physical Layer Cell Identity (PCI) assignment is presented. The proposal is based on the network information available via the TR-069 management protocol, which makes it applicable also to multi-vendor deployments. In contrast with the existing schemes, the proposed algorithm mitigates not only the colliding and confusing assignments but also prevents neighbours from using different PCIs but introducing overlap in their reference signal pattern, which has not been addressed before. The results show a significant reduction of assignment conflicts when compared with the baseline 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) approach.
AB - Self-configuration of network parameters is a desired network management feature, especially in dense small cell deployments. One of the key parameters that requires such autonomous set up is the cell ID. Its configuration to a large extent influences the network performance affecting such mechanisms as network access, decoding, handover, and is therefore of a very high importance. In this paper a new centralised method for Physical Layer Cell Identity (PCI) assignment is presented. The proposal is based on the network information available via the TR-069 management protocol, which makes it applicable also to multi-vendor deployments. In contrast with the existing schemes, the proposed algorithm mitigates not only the colliding and confusing assignments but also prevents neighbours from using different PCIs but introducing overlap in their reference signal pattern, which has not been addressed before. The results show a significant reduction of assignment conflicts when compared with the baseline 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) approach.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84981306940
U2 - 10.1109/ICC.2016.7511228
DO - 10.1109/ICC.2016.7511228
M3 - Conference proceeding
AN - SCOPUS:84981306940
T3 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
BT - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2016 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2016
Y2 - 22 May 2016 through 27 May 2016
ER -