Toward 5G: FiWi Enhanced LTE-A HetNets With Reliable Low-Latency Fiber Backhaul Sharing and WiFi Offloading
Por:
Beyranvand, H, Lévesque, M, Maier, M, Salehi, JA, Verikoukis, C, Tipper, D
Publicada:
1 abr 2017
Resumen:
To cope with the unprecedented growth of mobile data traffic, we investigate the performance gains obtained from unifying coverage-centric 4G mobile networks and capacity-centric fiber-wireless (FiWi) broadband access networks based on data-centric Ethernet technologies with resulting fiber backhaul sharing and WiFi offloading capabilities. Despite recent progress on backhaul-aware 4G studies with capacity-limited backhaul links, the performance-limiting impact of backhaul latency and reliability has not been examined in sufficient detail previously. In this paper, we evaluate the maximum aggregate throughput, offloading efficiency, and in particular, the delay performance of FiWi enhanced LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) heterogeneous networks (HetNets), including the beneficial impact of various localized fiber-lean backhaul redundancy and wireless protection techniques, by means of probabilistic analysis and verifying simulation, paying close attention to fiber backhaul reliability issues and WiFi offloading limitations due to WiFi mesh node failures as well as temporal and spatial WiFi coverage constraints. We use recent and comprehensive smartphone traces of the PhoneLab data set to verify whether the previously reported assumption that the complementary cumulative distribution function of both WiFi connection and interconnection times fit a truncated Pareto distribution is still valid. In this paper, we put a particular focus on the 5G key attributes of very low latency and ultra-high reliability and investigate how they can be achieved in FiWi enhanced LTE-A HetNets. Furthermore, given the growing interest in decentralization of future 5G networks (e.g., user equipment assisted mobility), we develop a decentralized routing algorithm for FiWi enhanced LTE-A HetNets.
Filiaciones:
Beyranvand, H:
Sharif Univ Technol, Elect Engn Dept, Tehran, Iran
Amirkabir Univ Technol, Elect Engn Dept, Tehran, Iran
Lévesque, M:
Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Informat Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
Maier, M:
INRS, Opt Zeitgeist Lab, Montreal, PQ H5A 1K6, Canada
Salehi, JA:
Sharif Univ Technol, Elect Dept, Tehran, Iran
Verikoukis, C:
CTTC, SMARTECH Dept, Barcelona 24234, Spain
Tipper, D:
Univ Pittsburgh, Sch Informat Sci, Pittsburgh, PA 15260 USA
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