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Evaluation of a 4G Uplink System
Based on Adaptive Single-carrier TDMA.
Wei Wang 
,
Chalmers Tony Ottosson
,
Chalmers U. of Technology
 Tommy Svensson
 
,
Chalmers U. of Technology and
 Mikael Sternad
, Uppsala University.
 
 
 
IEEE 62nd Vehicular Technology Conference
,
Dallas, TX, USA, Sept 25-28 2005. ©  IEEE 
 
 
Outline:
The  Swedish Wireless IP project studies 
problems that are crucial in the evolution of UMTS towards high
data rates,  as well as in future 4G technologies aimed at
rapidly mobile terminals.  The goal is to  attain higher
throughputs for packet data in particular in downlinks,
without unnecessary 
bandwidth expansion and while providing acceptable
quality of service for various classes of traffic. 
This research is also performed within the
EU Integrated Project WINNER.
At IEEE VTC-Fall 2003, we presented our
concept for an adaptive OFDM downlink
in four interrelated papers (see links below).
We are also performing research on corresponding
TDMA/OFDMA uplinks. 
 
However, high Peak-to-Average Power Ratio (PAPR) 
is an inherent drawback of OFDM, which requires 
highly linear transmitting power amplifiers and more power
 back-off than single-carrier systems with the same average 
power output. This will directly translate into higher RF 
front-end cost and faster battery drain in the uplink 
mobile terminals. 
Accurate time and frequency synchronization for 
different active users in the uplink is also a problematic issue
 in an OFDM based system. 
In this paper, we therefore investigate
an alternative, the use of TDMA single-carrier
transmission in adaptive uplinks.
  
Abstract:
Recent research has shown that a single-carrier system 
with frequency domain equalization can be a potential 
alternative to an OFDM-based system in a single user case.
 In this paper we propose and evaluate an adaptive single-carrier 
TDMA uplink with scheduling for broadband cellular 
packet data systems. 
Frequency division duplex (FDD)
 is assumed. Multi- user channel estimation and channel 
prediction are considered. The adaptive modulation scheme 
is optimized to maximize the throughput including also the 
ARQ part of the transmission. 
Frequency domain equalization
 is employed to combat the inter-symbol-interference (ISI). 
 
With the proposed design, the simulation results show 
that the multiuser diversity gain in spectral efficiency  is 
limited in a wide-band system, which indicates that an 
OFDM based system might be a more favorable candidate. 
Related publications:
Proc. of the IEEE (Dec. 2007)
invited  paper on
adaptive transmission in beyond-3G wireless systems.
Paper 1 at VTC2003,
on adaptive modulation, multiuser diversity  
and channel variability within bins in downlinks.
Paper 2 at VTC2003,
on the OFDM downlink and cell planning for high SIR.
Paper 3 at VTC2003,
on OFDM downlink channel estimation and channel prediction.
Paper 4 at VTC2003,
on the impact of prediction errors on the adaptive modulation.
An earlier paper 
(WWRF 2002) on adaptive TDMA/OFDMA uplinks.
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