Fair coexistence of scheduled and random access wireless networks: unlicensed LTE/WiFi

We study the fair coexistence of scheduled and random access transmitters sharing the same frequency channel. Interest in coexistence is topical due to the need for emerging unlicensed LTE technologies to coexist fairly with WiFi. However, this interest is not confined to LTE/WiFi as coexistence is...

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Authors: Cano Sandín, Cristina, Leith, Douglas J., García Saavedra, Andrés, Serrano, Pablo
Format: article
Status:Versión enviada para evaluación y publicación
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repository:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
OAI Identifier:oai:openaccess.uoc.edu:10609/93074
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/93074
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:coexistence
spectrum sharing
unlicensed LTE
LTE-U
LAA-LTE
Wi-Fi
CSAT
LBT
LBE
proportional fairness
coexistencia
intercambio de espectro
LTE sin licencia
equidad proporcional
convivència
repartiment de l'espectre
LTE sense llicència
equitat proporcional
Computer networks
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Summary:We study the fair coexistence of scheduled and random access transmitters sharing the same frequency channel. Interest in coexistence is topical due to the need for emerging unlicensed LTE technologies to coexist fairly with WiFi. However, this interest is not confined to LTE/WiFi as coexistence is likely to become increasingly commonplace in IoT networks and beyond 5G. In this paper, we show that mixing scheduled and random access incurs an inherent throughput/delay cost and the cost of heterogeneity. We derive the joint proportional fair rate allocation, which casts useful light on current LTE/WiFi discussions. We present experimental results on inter-technology detection and consider the impact of imperfect carrier sensing.