2600 MHz Frequency Spectrum Optimization for LTE-Advanced Wireless Access Network

Abstract

2600 MHz spectrum frequency or commonly called as the S-Band is one of the spectrum candidates that can be used for mobile wireless access network services. However, S-Band is currently employed for pay television service, so it needs analysis of refarming process to be able to move S-Band to other frequency spectrum. In this case, it is Ku-Band. Based on the analysis of refarming process using Rec. ITU-R SM.1603, the deployment process from the S-Band frequency to Ku-Band is considered optimal to implement. After knowing that the deployment process is optimal, S-Band can be implemented for LTE-Advanced network. Meanwhile, the implementation of S-Band needs to apply dimensioning process based on coverage and capacity to obtain the number of sites in accordance with the area that will be used. Based on the results of dimensioning, the number of sites used for LTE-Advanced network is 220, obtained from the result of capacity dimensioning.