Implementing mechanisms to improve the performance of LTE-WLAN Aggregation

As the release of 5G gets closer, different technologies appear aiming to make a difference in this next generation of mobile communications. A proposed way to achieve more capacity for end-users in 5G is aggregating Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and allowing user...

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Autor: Coscollola Coletes, Magí
Tipo de recurso: tesis de maestría
Fecha de publicación:2017
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/108904
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/108904
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Wireless communication systems
Wireless LANs
5G
LWA
LTE
WLAN
WiFi
beacon
OpenAirInterface
OAI
SIB
Comunicació sense fil, Sistemes de
Xarxes locals sense fil Wi-Fi
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació
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Sumario:As the release of 5G gets closer, different technologies appear aiming to make a difference in this next generation of mobile communications. A proposed way to achieve more capacity for end-users in 5G is aggregating Long Term Evolution (LTE) and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), and allowing users to connect to both at the same time. There are different technologies that aggregate LTE and WLAN, but in this project we focus only on one: LTE-WLAN Aggregation (LWA). In this thesis we study how offloading WLAN beacons to LTE can improve its performance due to the higher efficiency that LTE brings. This offloading allows to remove overhead from WiFi and UEs using LWA can achieve higher capacities. This investigation has been performed using OpenAirInterface, a software tool used to simulate and emulate LTE networks.