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Performance Comparison between LTE and WiMAX Based on Link Level Simulation


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1 Electrical Department, Higher Technological Institute, Egypt
2 Computers and Systems Department, Al Azhar University, Egypt
3 Communication and Electronics Department, Zagazig University, Egypt
 

This article presents a framework for performance comparison between Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX technologies, depended on link level simulation, under different conditions (e.g. a mixture of channel models and modulation coding schemes (MCS)). Two performance metrics have been used: throughput against SNR for both downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) and block error rate (BLER) against SNR for both DL and UL. Simulation results, conducted in network simulator OPNET Modeler ver. 17.1, show that the throughput and the BLER increases as the MCS increase (i.e. MCS=5, 15, 24).

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LTE, WiMAX, OPNET Modeler ver. 17.1, DL-BLER, UL-BLER, MCS, DL-SNR, UL-SNR, Throughput.
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Authors

Maha Hamdy Noshy
Electrical Department, Higher Technological Institute, Egypt
Sayed A. Nouh
Computers and Systems Department, Al Azhar University, Egypt
Adel Zaghloul Mahmoud
Communication and Electronics Department, Zagazig University, Egypt

Abstract


This article presents a framework for performance comparison between Long Term Evolution (LTE) and WiMAX technologies, depended on link level simulation, under different conditions (e.g. a mixture of channel models and modulation coding schemes (MCS)). Two performance metrics have been used: throughput against SNR for both downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) and block error rate (BLER) against SNR for both DL and UL. Simulation results, conducted in network simulator OPNET Modeler ver. 17.1, show that the throughput and the BLER increases as the MCS increase (i.e. MCS=5, 15, 24).

Keywords


LTE, WiMAX, OPNET Modeler ver. 17.1, DL-BLER, UL-BLER, MCS, DL-SNR, UL-SNR, Throughput.

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