Performance Analysis Of Pcfich And Pdcch Lte Control Channels

Control channels are the most important part of a physical layer in mobile communication systems. The motivation for our paper is to evaluate the performance of control channel implementation in the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system. The paper covers simulation of the complete signal processing chain for the Physical Control Format Indicator Channel (PCFICH) and Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in the LTE system, Release 8. We have implemented a complete signal processing chain for downlink control physical channel models. These channel models are an extension of the existing MATLAB LTE downlink simulator The paper presents results of the PCFICH and PDCCH control channel computer performance analysis in various channel conditions.