Multi-Connectivity for User Throughput Enhancement in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks
Majamaa, M., Martikainen, H., Sormunen, L., & Puttonen, J. (2022). Multi-Connectivity for User Throughput Enhancement in 5G Non-Terrestrial Networks. In WiMob 2022 : 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (pp. 412-418). IEEE. IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking, and Communications. https://doi.org/10.1109/wimob55322.2022.9941510
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To meet the increasing throughput and reliability demands, satellites may be used to complement the Fifth Gener-ation (5G) Terrestrial Networks (TNs). To increase the efficiency of the satellite communications involved, research on bandwidth-efficient techniques is needed. Multi-Connectivity (MC), where a user can be connected to multiple Next Generation Node Bs (gNBs) simultaneously, is one of such techniques. In this paper, the focus is on MC in NonTerrestrial Networks (NTNs) to improve users' experienced throughputs. First, a study of relevant specifications and algorithms is conducted. Then, the designed load-aware Secondary Node (SN) addition and traffic steering algorithms are presented and evaluated in a realistic two-satellite Low Earth Orbit (LEO) network scenario. The simulation results indicate that usage of MC can be beneficial in 5G NTNs.
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This work has been funded by the European Union Horizon2020 Project DYNASAT (Dynamic Spectrum Sharing and Bandwidth-Efficient Techniques for High-Throughput MIMO Satellite Systems) under Grant Agreement 101004145.License
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