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ECC PT1 #40 Wroclaw, 11-13 April 2012 Date issued "ource "u()ect ! April 2012 #ra$ce Teleco% &ra$'e *$ter+ere$ce ,o$te-Carlo si%ulatio$s wit- "ea%cat N

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CEPT ECC Monte-Carlo simulation tool SEAMCAT is widel used wit!in CEPT" it is also used worldwide outside o# CEPT countr $ Tool Seamcat !as t!ree simulation modules% &) 'eneric s stems( )) C*MA s stems( +) ,-*M s stems$ T!ese t!ree modules can .e used independentl or in interaction$ T!is document pro/ides se/eral elements on t!e inter#erence calculation met!od as well as t!e utilisation o# Seamcat #or discussion in ECC-PT&$

1. *$ter+ere$ce calculatio$ %et-od

1.1. *$ter+ere$ce calculatio$ %et-od i$ /e$eric %odule 0n t!e 1eneric s stem module" inter#erence calculations are per#ormed #or calculatin1 t!e use#ul si1nal le/el d2SS" and inter#erence le/els i2SS3unwanted" i2SS3.loc4in1$ T!en t!e C/0 can .e calculated #ollowin1 user5s c!oice as C/06d2SS/i2SS3unwanted ,r C/06d2SS/i2SS3.loc4in1 ,r C/06d2SS/03total6d2SS/7i2SS3unwanted 8 i2SS3.loc4in19 :it! i2SS3unwanted6T;P < Pat!loss& <AC=2 8 Antenna31ain--eeder3loss i2SS3.loc4in16T;P-Pat!loss)-ACS8Antenna31ain--eeder3loss :!ere T;P is t!e inter#erin1 si1nal transmit power includin1 antenna 1ain and #eeder loss" Pat!loss& is t!e pat!loss .etween t!e inter#errin1 transmitter antenna and /ictim antenna at t!e #requenc o# /ictim s stem c!annel center #requenc #&" (>) (?) (+) ()) (&)

AC=2 is deri/ed #rom t!e inter#erin1 transmitter spectrum mas4 o/er /ictim c!annel .andwidt! Pat!loss) is t!e pat!loss .etween t!e inter#erin1 transmitter antenna and /ictim antenna at t!e #requenc o# inter#erin1 s stem c!annel center #requenc #)" ACS is t!e /ictim recei/er (#&) re@ection at t!e #requenc #)$ :!en t!e inter#erin1 transmitter and /ictim recei/er are in ad@acent c!annel or ad@acent .and" t!e C/0 calculation is done #ollowin1 (&)" ()) or (+) .ased on user5s c!oice$ 0n t!e case o# co-c!annel inter#erence" #&6#)" i) w!en t!e inter#erence si1nal c!annel .andwidt! A:& equals t!e /ictim s stem c!annel .andwidt! A:)" AC=26B dA" ACS6B dA" t!e tool 1i/es i2SS3unwanted 6i2SS3.loc4in1$ T!e user s!ould c!oose onl (&) or ()) to calculate t!e C/0$ 0# users c!oose t!e option (+)" it will .e C/06d2SS/03total :it! 03total6i2SS3unwanted8i2SS3.loc4in1 6)7T;p-Pat!loss&-8 Antenna31ain--eeder3loss9 T!is s!ows i# t!e users c!oose t!e option (+)" t!en t!e calculated C/0 is not correct$ ii) w!en t!e inter#erence si1nal c!annel .andwidt! A:) does not equal to t!e /ictim s stem c!annel .andwidt! A:)" t!e AC=2 is deri/ed o/er t!e /ictim recei/er c!annel .andwidt! A:) (to .e c!ec4ed it is done as t!is)" .ut t!ere is no calculation o# c!annel .andwidt! con/ersion on ACS" in t!is case" C/0 calculation s!ould .e C/06d2SS/03unwanted *+ t-e a(o0e a$al1sis is a'reed a$d co$+ir%ed, si$ce t-e C2* calculatio$ i$ 'e$eric s1ste% %odule depe$d users3 c-oice, t-ere is a $eed to pro0ide a clear 'uideli$e i$ "ea%cat user3s (oo4 +or users to %a4e t-e correct c-oice. 1.2. *$ter+ere$ce calculatio$ %et-od i$ CD,A2&#D, %odules

T!e inter#erence calculation met!ods implemented in Seamcat C*MA module and ,-*M module were #rom +'PP T2)?$C>) and T2+D$C>)" T!e S0N26C/(03total8N) is calculated" wit! 03total603internal803e;ternal :!ere 03e;ternal6i2SS3unwanted8i2SS3.loc4in1 t!en #or C*MA s stem" t!e S0N2 is translated into E./No t!en into capacit loss #or ,-*M s stem" t!e S0N2 is translated into t!rou1!pout (loss) wit! a lin4 le/el mappin1 ta.le$ -or a correct simulation o# C*MA capacit loss and ,-*M t!rou1!put loss" it is important to !a/e a correct calculation o# S0N2$ i) :!en inter#erin1 s stem and /ictim s stem are in ad@acent .and wit! same c!annel .andwidt! (A:&6A:)) T!e inter#erence calculation is correct" since t!at was t!e use case in +'PP$ ii) :!en inter#erin1 s stem and /ictim s stem are in ad@acent .and wit! di##erent c!annel .andwit! (A:&FA:))
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(D) (E)

T!e calculation s!ould .e correct i# t!e inter#erin1 transmitter mas4 and /ictim recei/er mas4 are correctl de#ined$ iii) :!en inter#erin1 s stem and /ictim s stem are in co-c!anal wit! same c!annel .andwit!(A:&6A:)) As discussed in t!e section &$&" it seems t!ere is some pro.lem o# inter#erence calculation in S0N2" #urt!er in/ersti1ation is needed$ i/) :!en inter#erin1 s stem and /ictim s stem are in co-c!anal wit! di##erent c!annel .andwit!s (A:&FA:)) As discussed in t!e section &$&" it seems t!ere is some pro.lem o# inter#erence calculation in S0N2" #urt!er in/ersti1ation is needed$

2. 5se o+ 'e$eric s1ste% %odule

'eneric s stem module contains onl one inter#erin1 transmitter and one /ictim recei/er" t!ere is a possi.ilit to duplicate t!e inter#erin1 transmitter to !a/e a multiple inter#erin1 transmitters" .ut still not possi.le to simulate multiple recei/er case$ -or e;ample" #or t!e simulation o# co-e;istence .etween =TE and 'SM" it is possi.le to 1enerate se/eral 'SM transmitter as inter#erers" .ut not possi.le to simulate inter#erence #rom =TE to 'SM wit! more t!an one /ictim recei/er$

3. 5se o+ CD,A 6 &#D, %odules

No speci#ic pro.lem on t!e utilisation o# C*MA and ,-*M modules$ T!ese two modules !a/e .een impro/ed a lot" t!e are quite #riendl $ -or #urt!er impro/ement" per!aps" we ma need to t!in4 t!e possi.ilit wit! t!e new =TE #eatures suc! as M0M," carrier a1re1ation$

4. 7ow to si%ulate %icrocells2+e%tocells 6 %ulti-la1er $etwor4s

T!e simulation o# microcells and #emtocells was raised in t!e =S #rom ECC-PT& to SE>B in t!e simulation o# co-e;istence .etween !i1! power MSS terminal to GMTS in ) 'HI .and$ 0n +$? 'HI .and" we need also t!e simulation o# microcells and #emtocells$ T!e Manhattan microcells simulation met!od is descri/ed in +'PP report T2)?$J&D" t!ree aspects need clearl .e de#ined in t!e Manhattan microcells simulation implementation% &) Manhattan urban configuration modelling, the road widths and building block size should be implemented as with default values or user define parameters )) Street canyon propagation model, indoor model, wall penetration loss +) Percentage of mobiles in the building blocks and in the street First step can be only limited to single microcell layer, implementation can be further specified and implemented. then multilayer