Measurements to Study the Coexistence of Private LTE TDD Networks in 2.3 GHz Band
Ekman, Reijo; Talmola, Pekka; Kalliovaara, Juha; Hallio, Juhani; Hyvarinen, Petri; Lakner, Tibor; Jokela, Tero; Paavola, Jarkko; Himmanen, Heidi (2021)
Ekman, Reijo
Talmola, Pekka
Kalliovaara, Juha
Hallio, Juhani
Hyvarinen, Petri
Lakner, Tibor
Jokela, Tero
Paavola, Jarkko
Himmanen, Heidi
IEEE
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022021018564
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022021018564
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Private wireless networks have recently gained interest in many business applications. Use of 4G and 5G technologies for private network deployments has become feasible recently. Finnish Transport and Communications Agency Traficom began to grant licenses for private mobile Time Division Duplex (TDD) networks on frequency band 2300-2320 MHz in 2020. In this study, the coexistence of two 4G TDD networks is investigated through an extensive measurement campaign. The laboratory test setup developed to conduct the interference measurement campaign can be used to study 4G and 5G TDD technologies in frequency bands below 4 GHz. Networks using TDD technology are recommended to use synchronized frame configurations to avoid interference. Private network applications and requirements differ between user organisations and hence the uplink and downlink data rate requirements are different and may need different TDD frame configurations. This paper studies interference between adjacent private networks, which have same or different TDD frame configurations. Measurement results indicate that non-synchronized networks produce interference and significant decrease in data throughput in neighboring networks.