A group-based communication scheme based on the location information of MTC devices in cellular networks

Kookjin Lee, Jaesheung Shin, Yongwoo Cho, Kab Seok Ko, Dan Keun Sung, Heonshik Shin

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Abstract

Recent standardization efforts in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) have made the Long Term Evolution (LTE) system a very attractive radio access technology for various types of devices and applications. However, the system has not yet been optimized to support diverse traffic profiles. In this paper, we propose a group-based communication scheme to alleviate inefficiencies in the radio access network. The proposed scheme groups multiple connections triggered by different User Equipments (UEs). For the efficient grouping of the UEs, the location information of the Machine-Type Communication (MTC) devices is utilized to identify each group. A four-phase system model is presented to analyze each segment of the connection establishment procedure in the access network. We found that the random access procedure is the main variable factor for the communication delay, and we, therefore, carefully design the procedure with details. Simulations are conducted on our LTE testbeds, and the results show that the proposed scheme is very effective in ensuring the system performance of legacy services and in utilizing radio resources within a given delay bound.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012
Pages4899-4903
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012 - Ottawa, ON, Canada
Duration: Jun 10 2012Jun 15 2012

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Other

Other2012 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2012
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityOttawa, ON
Period6/10/126/15/12

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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