A computationally efficient method for self-planning uplink power control parameters in LTE

Abstract

Uplink power control has a strong impact on the performance of mobile communication networks. In this work, an automatic parameter planning algorithm for the standardized power control scheme in the physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of long term evolution LTE is proposed. The method is conceived for the network design stage, when network measurements are still not available. The proposed heuristic algorithm can handle irregular scenarios at a low computational complexity. For this purpose, the parameter planning problem in a cell is formulated analytically through the combination of multiple regular scenarios built on a per-adjacency basis. Method assessment is carried out over a static system-level simulator implementing a real scenario. Results show that the proposed method can improve average user throughput and cell-edge user throughput when compared to current vendor approaches, which provide network-wide uniform parameter settings.