MVS WiMAX Trial RF Results

WiMAX Access Engineering

Trial Logistics

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Trial Configuration
> Customer:

MVS

> Location:

Toluca, Mexico

> Number of Sites:

Leona Vicario (Core Site)

Height 42 meters
3 Sectors azimuth (33, 145, 267)

Toluca 4
Height 33 meters
3 Sectors azimuth (0, 120, 240)

> PA TX Power: 38dBm

> BTS Antenna Gain:

17.6dBi

> Frequency Reuse:

N=1

CF = 2578MHz (TDD)

> Channel Bandwidth: 10MHz

> Duplex Ratio: 2:1
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Trial Configuration (Contd)

> Trial Load Lineup (TL3):
Single Board Modem (SBM):
WiMAX Radio Module (WRM):

bts-0.2.3-aa32
bts-0.2.3-aa32

> Terminal Device Firmware:

ZyXel Max100 PCMCIA:
ZyXel Max200 CPE:

206.59.34.31
360AKA0a14

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Spectrum Allocation
MVS Net
Broadband System

MVS TV
Analog Broadcast System

Spectrum allocated for trial

12 MHz (2572-2584 MHz)

> FWA & MMDS Channels with 6MHz bandwidth

> MMDS:
Transmit power = 20 Watts
Antenna gain = 15.3 dBi
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Coverage Prediction Plot

4.36Km

> Based on link budget with 7dBi CPE antenna gain and 66.7% Cell edge
reliability
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Trial Sites

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Leona Vicario (Toluca 2 Urban)

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Toluca 4 (Dense Urban)

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BTS at Leona Vicario (Toluca 2) Site

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Leona Vicario (Toluca 2) Work Space

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Stationary Tests

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Single User Stationary Test

> Test single user throughput at various locations for UDP
Protocol
> Verify RF coverage at each location
> Measure uplink and downlink throughput for both indoor
and outdoor locations
> DL MCS configuration = QPSK1/2 and 16QAM1/2
> UL MCS configuration = QPSK1/2
> MTU size = 1360 Bytes
> UDP data size = 512 Bytes
> Maximum UDP send rate:
DL - 5Mbps
UL - 800kbps
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Outdoor DL Stationary Test Locations

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Indoor DL Stationary Test Locations

1 sector up

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Outdoor UL Stationary Test Locations

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Indoor UL Stationary Test Locations

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Single User Stationary Test Results

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Stationary Test Observations

> With N=1, ranging and network entry was difficult even in
good CINR (~15dB). This was seen more in NLOS near
sector boundary.
> When co-channels were offline, ranging and network entry
success rate improved.
> Indoor locations mainly consisted of small 2x2x3m
convenient store enclosed in thick concrete blocks.

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Mobility Tests

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Single User Mobility Test

> Verify coverage and throughput in mobile condition
(30km/h to 50km/h) for UDP Protocol
> Verify successful ping with data DL
> Tools and terminal:
Xcalc-X
Zyxel pcmcia (max100)

> DL MCS configuration = QPSK1/2 and 16QAM1/2

> UL MCS configuration = QPSK1/2
> UDP data size = 512 Bytes
> Maximum UDP send rate:
DL - 5Mbps
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Mobility With Ping & Down-Load CINR

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Mobility With Ping & Down-Load RSSI

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Mobility With Ping & Down-Load

Throughput

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Mobility With Ping & Down-Load

Performance CDF

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Mobility With Ping & Down-Load

Performance Graph

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Mobility Test Observations

> Drive route morphology consisted of main streets (max
speed 60Km/hr), parks and dense urban clutter with low
roof lines, narrow streets and thick concrete walls.
> Drive test results showed maximum download throughput
was achievable with good CINR and LOS.
> TL3 trial load does not support true Handover, but rather
a Break and Make principle:
MS drops connection from serving sector and re-scan for new best
server.

> No attempts were made to test BTS-to-BTS handover.

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Mobility Test Observations (Contd)

> Handover from sector-to-sector takes approximately 4 to
6 sec.
> With authentication turned on, Handover from sector-tosector took an additional 3 to 4 seconds.
> Pinging success rate was limited to 20% at approximately
600m from predicted cell edge.
> Pinging success was intermittent and dependent on
CINR / RSSI condition. However, last successful ping
occurred approximately 500m from predicted cell edge
(1.4Km distance).

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