Inter-cell interference coordination

1. What is inter-cell interference coordination LTE?
2. What causes inter-cell interference?
3. What is intra cell interference?
4. How does LTE mitigate same cell interference?

What is inter-cell interference coordination LTE?

Inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) is a promising technology for alleviating this degradation and improving the bit rate at cell edges. In the LTE standard, an interface between adjacent base stations is specified for exchanging ICIC information.

What causes inter-cell interference?

What causes inter-cell interference? The biggest cause of lower mobile network capacity is interference. Interference is caused when users in different neighbor cells attempt to use the same resource at the same time.

What is intra cell interference?

Intra-cell interference is materialized as Inter Carrier Interference( ICI) and Inter Symbol Interference(ISI), the effect of Cyclic Prefix( CP) on the network performance in terms of ICI is tested based on the simulation of the 3D reflection paths; for the adopted test area, the interfered area equals to 27.06% km2 ...

How does LTE mitigate same cell interference?

They elevate the interference level in the network by increasing the portion of cell-edge areas where two or more base stations compete for coverage and can transmit to and receive from the same user equipment (UE) device.