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[pt] Sistemas de celulares de múltiplas camadas (hierarquizados) são úteis para acomodar densidade alta de tráfego mantendo a qualidade de serviço. Estes sistemas procuram agregar as vantagens dos sistemas micro e macrocelulares que são respectivamente: o aumento da capacidade do sistema e a carga de sinalização da rede. Neste trabalho são analisados aspectos de projeto e desempenho de estruturas hierarquizadas como: compartilhamento do espectro entre as camadas de micro- células e macro-células bem como o desempenho de diferentes estratégias de handoff entre essas camadas. Um outro objetivo do trabalho foi o desenvolvimento de uma ferramenta simples de simulação capaz de testar as diversas estratégias de handoff e o desempenho do sistema para diferentes soluções para a distribuição dos recursos de rádio entre camadas. / [en] Multilayer cell systems are useful to accommodate high traffic densities while still satisfying the QoS requirements. These systems combine the advantages of microcellular and macrocellular systems which are: the increase of system capacity and the reduction of the number of handoffs, hence decreasing the signaling load. This work address design aspects such as spectrum sharing between the macrocell and microcell layers and the performance of different handoff strategies considering both layers. Another goal of this work was the development of a simple, but realistic, simulation tool which will allow obtaining the radio resources management results here presented.

The thesis is concerned with capacity and coverage enhancement of OFDMA heterogeneous cellular systems with a specific focus on fractional frequency reuse (FFR), femtocells and amplify-and-forward (AF) relay systems. The main aim of the thesis is to develop new mathematical analysis for the spectral efficiency and outage probability of multi-cells multi-tier systems in diverse traffic, interference and fading scenarios. In the first part of the thesis, a new unified mathematical framework for performance analysis of FFR and soft frequency reuse (SFR) schemes is developed. This leads to new exact expressions of FFR and SFR area spectral efficiency in downlink and uplink scenarios which account for a mixture of frequency reuse factors in a homogeneous cellular system. The mathematical framework is extended to include modelling and performance analysis of FFR systems with elastic data traffic. Further analysis is carried out in relation to the performance of FFR and/or SFR schemes, in terms of energy efficiency and base station cooperation. The new proposed analytical framework can lead to a better understanding and computationally efficient performance analysis of next generation heterogeneous cellular systems. Next generation cellular systems are characterized by an increase in the spatial node density to improve the spectral efficiency and coverage, especially for users at home and at the cell edges. In this regard, relays and femtocells play a major role. Therefore, relays and femocells are the focus of the second part of the thesis. Firstly, we present a new and unified spectral efficiency analysis in dual-hop fixed-gain AF relay systems over generalised interferences models. The generalised interference models are either based on the Nakagami-m fading with arbitrary distance or on spatial Poisson Point Process in case of randomly deployed heterogeneous interferers. The models have been considered separately in the open literature due to the complexity of the mathematical analysis. Secondly, the outage probability is utilised to deduce the femtocell exclusion region for FFR system and a new static resource allocation scheme is proposed for femtocells which improve the capacity. The work presented in the thesis has resulted in the publication of seven scientific papers in prestigious IEEE journals and conferences.

<p>U ovoj disertaciji razvijeni su analitički alati za izračunavanje protoka servisa, propusnog opsega i u&scaron;tede energije zahtevanim u različitim eMBMS LTE/LTE-A servisnim strukturama. Takođe, mi smo analizirali protok podataka i optimalnu dodelu parametara za prenos na fizičkom sloju za eMBMS baziran video servis u 2-klasnoj heterogenoj mreži primenom stohastičke geometrije.</p> / <p>In this dissertation we develop simple analytical tools for evaluation of average service data rates, bandwidth and energy consumption requirements in dierent eMBMS LTE/LTE-A service congurations. Also, we consider a simple approach to estimate achievable rates and optimally assign the physical layer transmission parameters for eMBMS based video service in the two-tier heterogeneous cellular systems.</p>

A técnica de localização móvel utilizando o sistema celular recebeu especial atenção por parte de empresas fabricantes e operadoras de telecomunicações, devido à necessidade de se cumprir as exigências estabelecidas para chamadas de serviços de emergência e outros serviços de apelo comercial. Neste trabalho são analisados os principais métodos de localização propostos na literatura, incluindo, para cada um, a formulação matemática envolvida no cálculo da localização, os principais algoritmos utilizados e suas limitações. É analisada, também, a modelagem do canal de propagação no ambiente celular baseada na proposta do relatório do COST 259. A partir desta análise pode ser encontrada uma correlação entre o atraso médio do sinal e o seu espalhamento, que motivou sua utilização em um novo algoritmo para estimativa de localização. Esse novo algoritmo, particularmente eficiente para os casos em que uma ou mais estações rádio-bases não apresentam visada direta com a unidade móvel (NLoS), é apresentado neste trabalho, e diversos resultados de simulação são analisados, comparando-se o seu desempenho com outros algoritmos amplamente aceitos e reconhecidos. Para melhorar a estimativa de posição final, a filtragem de Kalman também é aplicada ao algoritmo proposto. / The mobile location technique using the cellular system received a special attention from the telecommunication manufacturers and operators, regarding the need of accomplishing the established demands by the emergency service calls and other commercial ones. This study analyzes the main location methods proposed in the literature, including, in each one, the mathematical formulation involved in the location calculus, the main used algorithms and their limitations. Also, it is analyzed the modeling of the propagation channel based on a cellular environment proposed in COST 259 report. After this analysis we can find a correlation between the signal mean delay and its delay spread, which motivated the use of a new algorithm for location estimative. A new algorithm, especially efficient for the cases where one or more base stations don\'t have Line-of-Sight (NLoS) with mobile station, is presented and several simulation results are analyzed and compared with other algorithms widely accepted and recognized. In order to improve the final position estimation, the Kalman filtering is also applied to the new proposed algorithm.

A técnica de localização móvel utilizando o sistema celular recebeu especial atenção por parte de empresas fabricantes e operadoras de telecomunicações, devido à necessidade de se cumprir as exigências estabelecidas para chamadas de serviços de emergência e outros serviços de apelo comercial. Neste trabalho são analisados os principais métodos de localização propostos na literatura, incluindo, para cada um, a formulação matemática envolvida no cálculo da localização, os principais algoritmos utilizados e suas limitações. É analisada, também, a modelagem do canal de propagação no ambiente celular baseada na proposta do relatório do COST 259. A partir desta análise pode ser encontrada uma correlação entre o atraso médio do sinal e o seu espalhamento, que motivou sua utilização em um novo algoritmo para estimativa de localização. Esse novo algoritmo, particularmente eficiente para os casos em que uma ou mais estações rádio-bases não apresentam visada direta com a unidade móvel (NLoS), é apresentado neste trabalho, e diversos resultados de simulação são analisados, comparando-se o seu desempenho com outros algoritmos amplamente aceitos e reconhecidos. Para melhorar a estimativa de posição final, a filtragem de Kalman também é aplicada ao algoritmo proposto. / The mobile location technique using the cellular system received a special attention from the telecommunication manufacturers and operators, regarding the need of accomplishing the established demands by the emergency service calls and other commercial ones. This study analyzes the main location methods proposed in the literature, including, in each one, the mathematical formulation involved in the location calculus, the main used algorithms and their limitations. Also, it is analyzed the modeling of the propagation channel based on a cellular environment proposed in COST 259 report. After this analysis we can find a correlation between the signal mean delay and its delay spread, which motivated the use of a new algorithm for location estimative. A new algorithm, especially efficient for the cases where one or more base stations don\'t have Line-of-Sight (NLoS) with mobile station, is presented and several simulation results are analyzed and compared with other algorithms widely accepted and recognized. In order to improve the final position estimation, the Kalman filtering is also applied to the new proposed algorithm.

Les technologies mobiles terrestre et satellite sont naturellement complémentaires. Les réseaux cellulaires terrestres sont adaptés aux villes où la densité d'utilisateurs est maximale mais perdent leur rentabilité dans les zones peu peuplées. A l'inverse, les systèmes mobile satellite permettent de couvrir de vastes zones à moindre coût mais n'assurent pas la couverture dans les zones urbaines car le signal est bloqué par les constructions. En les combinant pour assurer la couverture en ville par le réseau terrestre et dans les zones moins denses avec le satellite, on obtient un système à la couverture totale pour un coût optimal. Nous appelons un tel système intégrant une composante satellite et une composante terrestres un "système intégré" satellite/terrestre. Nul doute que d'ici quelques années, le rêve de la communauté satellite de rendre tous les terminaux mobiles capables de se connecter à un satellite sera accessible. Le satellite pourra ainsi être vu par les utilisateurs de terminaux portables comme une énième technologie d'accès à un système "intégré", aux côtés du Bluetooth, du Wifi et des technologies cellulaires (GSM, UMTS, LTE). La réutilisation du spectre satellite par les systèmes terrestres est un facteur déterminant dans le succès de cette intégration car elle permet de justifier les investissements dans le système satellite qui ne peut être rentabilisé par les abonnements seuls. Toutefois sa mise en œuvre pose de nombreux problèmes : règlementaires, commerciaux et bien entendu techniques. Cette thèse apporte des solutions sur ce dernier point et j'espère qu'elle contribuera ainsi à rendre possible ce rêve d'intégration. Nous avons adopté une approche descendante du problème du partage de spectre dans les systèmes mobiles satellite-terrestre. Nous avons tout d'abord établi une synthèse sur les aspects recouverts par l'intégration des systèmes mobiles satellite et terrestre. Nous avons ensuite dressé l'état de l'art sur la problématique de la réutilisation du spectre satellite par les systèmes terrestres, que nous avons complété par nos analyses. Nous avons décidé dans cette thèse de nous focaliser sur un des problèmes majeurs soulevés par cette réutilisation : les interférences co-fréquence du système terrestre sur le lien montant satellite. A partir de l'analyse d'une solution de partage statique de spectre par coordination des plans de fréquence (principe de zone d'exclusion), nous avons élaboré puis analysé les performances de mécanismes innovants d'allocation de ressources dans le système terrestre qui permettent de réduire de façon importante les interférences. De plus, nous proposons une méthode pour garantir au système satellite que les interférences subies sur son lien montant soient inférieures à une valeur limite. Enfin, nous définissons une architecture et les mécanismes associés qui permettent l'implantation des solutions proposées dans un système satellite-terrestre fondé sur la technologie LTE. L'étude du sujet de partage de spectre dans les systèmes mobiles satellite-terrestre est relativement nouvelle et cette thèse constitue donc un travail novateur important qui pourra être utilisé comme base à de futurs travaux. / Terrestrial and satellite mobile technologies are naturally complementary. Terrestrial cellular systems are adapted to urban areas where the user density is maximal but their cost-effectiveness is much lower in sparsely populated areas. On the contrary, mobile satellite systems cover large zones at a relatively low cost but they cannot ensure coverage in urban areas because of signal blockage due to buildings. By combining both systems for ensuring coverage in cities with terrestrial networks and in less dense areas with the satellite, we obtain a system with complete coverage for an optimal cost. Such a system is called mobile terrestrial and satellite "integrated system". It is likely that in a few years, the dream of enabling satellite connectivity on all mobile terminals will be within reach. The satellite will then be perceived for mobile terminal users as an additional access technology to an "integrated network" comparable to Wifi, Bluetooth or cellular technologies (GSM, UMTS, LTE). The spectrum reuse by terrestrial systems is a key for the success of this integration because it justifies part of the investments in the satellite systems that cannot be supported by user subscriptions only. However, implementation of spectrum sharing generates many issues: regulatory, commercial and obviously technical. This thesis brings answers on the latter and I hope it will contribute to make this dream of integration become reality. We used a descending approach of the issue of spectrum sharing in terrestrial and satellite mobile systems. First, we establish a synthesis of all the aspects covered by the integration of mobile satellite and terrestrial systems. Then, we made the state of the art on the issue of satellite spectrum reuse by terrestrial systems and we completed it with our analysis. We decided to focus our work on one of the major issues raised by this reuse: co-frequency interference generated by the terrestrial system on the satellite uplink. From the analysis of a solution proposing a static spectrum sharing by coordination of frequency plans (the exclusion zone principle), we elaborated and analyzed performances of innovative mechanisms of resources allocation in the terrestrial system that allows to reduce significantly the interferences. Moreover, we proposed a method for guaranteeing to the satellite system that interferences from the terrestrial system will not exceed a given threshold. At last, we define an architecture and the associated mechanism that allow the implementation of our solution in an integrated terrestrial-satellite systems based on LTE technology. The study of spectrum sharing in terrestrial-satellite mobile systems is rather new and this thesis represents an innovative work that may serve as a basis for future studies on this issue.

The main objectives of this research are to investigate and design low profile antennas for mobile handsets applications using the balanced concept. These antennas are considered to cover a wide range of wireless standards such as: DCS (1710¿1880 MHz), PCS (1850¿1990 MHz), UMTS (1920¿2170 MHz), WLAN (2400¿2500 MHz and 5000 ¿ 5800 MHz) and UWB frequency bands. Various antennas are implemented based on built-in planar dipole with a folded arm structure. The performance of several designed antennas in terms of input return loss, radiation patterns, radiation efficiency and power gain are presented and several remarkable results are obtained. The measurements confirm the theoretical design concept and show reasonable agreement with computations. The stability performance of the proposed antenna is also evaluated by analysing the current distribution on the mobile phone ground plane. The specific absorption rate (SAR) performance of the antenna is also studied experimentally by measuring antenna near field exposure. The measurement results are correlated with the calculated ones. A new dual-band balanced antenna using coplanar waveguide structure is also proposed, discussed and tested; this is intended to eliminate the balanced feed network. The predicted and measured results show good agreement, confirming good impedance bandwidth characteristics and excellent dual-band performance. In addition, a hybrid method to model the human body interaction with a dual band balanced antenna structure covering the 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz bands is presented. Results for several test cases of antenna locations on the body are presented and discussed. The near and far fields were incorporated to provide a full understanding of the impact on human tissue. The cumulative distribution function of the radiation efficiency and absorbed power are also evaluated. / UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

The main objectives of this research are to investigate and design low profile antennas for mobile handsets applications using the balanced concept. These antennas are considered to cover a wide range of wireless standards such as: DCS (1710-1880 MHz), PCS (1850-1990 MHz), UMTS (1920-2170 MHz), WLAN (2400-2500 MHz and 5000-5800 MHz) and UWB frequency bands. Various antennas are implemented based on built-in planar dipole with a folded arm structure. The performance of several designed antennas in terms of input return loss, radiation patterns, radiation efficiency and power gain are presented and several remarkable results are obtained. The measurements confirm the theoretical design concept and show reasonable agreement with computations. The stability performance of the proposed antenna is also evaluated by analysing the current distribution on the mobile phone ground plane. The specific absorption rate (SAR) performance of the antenna is also studied experimentally by measuring antenna near field exposure. The measurement results are correlated with the calculated ones. A new dual-band balanced antenna using coplanar waveguide structure is also proposed, discussed and tested; this is intended to eliminate the balanced feed network. The predicted and measured results show good agreement, confirming good impedance bandwidth characteristics and excellent dual-band performance. In addition, a hybrid method to model the human body interaction with a dual band balanced antenna structure covering the 2.4 GHz and 5.2 GHz bands is presented. Results for several test cases of antenna locations on the body are presented and discussed. The near and far fields were incorporated to provide a full understanding of the impact on human tissue. The cumulative distribution function of the radiation efficiency and absorbed power are also evaluated.