J4 ›› 2013, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (5): 38-43+156.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1001-2400.2013.05.007

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Design and performance of the random access preamble structure  for LTE-A super long-range coverage

LI Xiaohui;WEI Longfei;HEI Yongqiang;LIU Naian   

  1. (State Key Lab. of Integrated Service Networks, Xidian Univ., Xi'an  710071, China)
  • Received:2012-05-11 Online:2013-10-20 Published:2013-11-27
  • Contact: LI Xiaohui E-mail:xhli@mail.xidian.edu.cn

Abstract:

Aiming at the uplink out-of-synchronization problem due to the long distance and the high delay between the eNodeB and the UE, a random access preamble structure is presented for the long term evolution-advanced(LTE-A) super coverage. The random access preamble structure is a new preamble sequence constructed by two different cascading Zadoff-Chu root sequences followed by the expanded cyclic prefix and guard time. Furthermore, the period auto-correlation and cross-correlation of the proposed preamble is derived and the coverage performance is analyzed. Theoretical analysis and simulation results show that the auto-correlation of the proposed preamble reaches its peak only when the delay is zero, and the coverage range is greatly improved by using the proposed preamble.

Key words: long term evolution-advanced, super long-range coverage, random access, Zadoff-Chu sequence

CLC Number: 

  • TN929.5