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Accurate SINR Estimation Model for System Level Simulation of LTE Networks ˇ Josep Colom Ikuno, Stefan Pendl, Michal Simko, Markus Rupp Institute of Telecommunications Vienna University of Technology, Austria Gusshausstrasse 25/389, A-1040 Vienna, Austria Email: jcolom, spendl, msimko, mrupp @nt.tuwien.ac.at Web: http://www.nt.tuwien.ac.at/ltesimulator Abstract—This paper presents an SINR prediction model for (i) Inclusion of channel estimation error in the SINR esti- LTE systems with the aim of improving the accuracy of physical mation: while generally not taken into account in system level layer models used for higher-than-physical-level simulations. simulations, channel estimation error does affect throughput This physical layer SINR abstraction for zero-forcing receivers takes channel estimation errors into account. It allows for the performance [6], which is in the end the final system perfor- calculation of the post-equalization receive SINR of an LTE mance measure of our system. This effect is at its strongest at MIMO transmission on a per-layer and subcarrier basis. This cell edge, and taking it into account is thus necessary if the estimate is further used as input for a link performance model model is to be accurate. to accurately predict the receiver throughput. The accuracy (ii) Appropriate modeling of the post-equalization SINR: of the model is validated by simulations for 2 2 and 4 4 MIMO anten