Frequency Reuse in Mobile WiMAX

WiMAX Solutions Division

July 14, 2006

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Frequency Reuse in Mobile WiMAX

Mobile WiMAX or 802.16-2005 supports two fundamental reuse schemes

1x3x1 or reuse 1
All the same sub-channels in all sectors
No sub-channel orthogonality between sectors within a base station
FUSC (Full Usage of Sub-Channels) permutation scheme results in frequency
diversity as well as interference averaging
1x3x3 or reuse 3
Only a sub-set of sub-channels utilized in each sector of a base station
Sub-channel orthogonality is preserved across sectors of a base station
PUSC (Partial Usage of Sub-Channels) permutation scheme results in frequency
diversity as well as interference averaging

Mobile WiMAX also supports Fractional Frequency Reuse or FFR which is a combination
of reuse 1 and reuse 3

MAP and DATA can be on different reuse schemes

The next two slides graphically illustrates these different reuse schemes
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Frequency Reuse 1 and 3 with FUSC/PUSC

Reuse 3

Reuse 1

All sectors of each BS have access to all sub-channels

Each sector of a BS have access to only a subset of sub-channels

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Fractional Frequency Reuse reduces outage and boosts

throughput
Fractional Frequency reuse
supported by Mobile WiMAX
Standard

Reuse 1
where there is high SINR

Reuse 1 (F1) or reuse 3 sub-carrier

allocation (S1-S3) via zone switching
based on SINR
Fractional frequency reuse is
expected to boost throughput and
reduce outage in higher loading
scenarios
Fractional frequency reuse is
expected to be implemented by some
vendors

F1, S1

Reuse 3

F2, S2

F1

where there is low SINR

F1
F1

F3, S3

F2, S2
F1, S1

F1

F1
F1

F3, S2

F1, S1

F1

F1
F1

F3, S3

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F2, S2

Summary and Recommendations

Based on simulations and theoretical analysis Intel believes both reuse 1 and
reuse 3 will work for data allocations for all wave 2 systems
Reuse 3 may be a requirement for robust MAP performance (data can remain in
reuse 1)
Theoretical analysis indicates that fully loaded wave 1 systems will require reuse
3 while wave 2 systems will work with reuse 1
FFR, if implemented by vendors, will further optimize performance
Upcoming field trials in 2006 and early 2007 will shed more light on reuse vs.
loading vs. outage

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BACKUP

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Multi-zone Frame Structure

Each zone can have different permutation

Each zone can have different frequency reuse
Zone can be configured frame-by-frame
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OFDMA Sub-channel Permutation

Contiguous permutation: AMC

Diversity permutation: FUSC, PUSC
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DL-MAP

UL Burst #1

UL Burst #2
DL Burst #1

DL Burst #2

Burst #4

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Burst #5

DL-MAP

PREAMBLE

DL Burst #3

UL-MAP

DL-MAP

FCH

PREAMBLE

Sub Channels Logical Number

S
S+1
S+2

FCH

OFDMA TDD Frame Structure

UL Burst #3
Ranging Channels

S+L
k

k+1

k+2

Time OFDMA Symbols (Ts)

DL
QPSK
1/4

QPSK
1/2

k+i

TTG
QPSK

16QAM
1/2

16QAM
3/4

UL
64QAM
2/3

RTG
64QAM
3/4

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