01387nas a2200169   4500008004100000245005100041210004900092260001900141300001200160520083900172100002201011700002101033700002001054700002401074700002201098856009701120       2013                        eng d00aEvaluating ICIC Performance in LTE - A Systems0 aEvaluating ICIC Performance in LTE A Systems  cAugust 27 - 30  a400-4043 a<p class="rtejustify">LTE-A technology incorporates Inter-Cell Interference Coordination (ICIC) methods in order to enhance performance and mitigate interference. These methods include frequency allocation techniques that allow neighboring cells and femtocells in heterogeneous networks, to coordinately share and reuse available spectral resources, in order to avoid performance degradation for interference suffering cell-edge users. In this paper we evaluate the performance of the ICIC methods in LTE-A multi-cell systems using a simulation framework integrating several frequency reuse techniques and providing a user-friendly graphical presentation of the results. The optimal frequency&nbsp;reuse configuration for the examined network instance is also determined, based on overall performance and fairness index metrics.</p>
1 aBilios, Dimitrios1 aBouras, Christos1 aDiles, Georgios1 aKokkinos, Vasileios1 aPapazois, Andreas  uhttp://telematics.upatras.gr/telematics/publications/evaluating-icic-performance-lte-systems