Thursday, October 20, 2016

MODELING, IMPLEMENTATION AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF MOBILITY LOAD BALANCING FOR LTE DOWNLINK DATA TRANSMISSION

 Mohamed Escheikh1 Hana Jouini1 and Kamel Barkaoui2 

 1University of Tunis El Manar, Enit, Sys’Com Box 37, LE BELVEDERE 1002 Tunis, Tunisia 2Conservatoire national des arts et métiers Box 2, conté 75003 Paris, France 

ABSTRACT 

We propose in this paper a simulation implementation of Self-Organizing Networks (SON) optimization related to mobility load balancing (MLB) for LTE systems using ns-3 [1]. The implementation is achieved toward two MLB algorithms dynamically adjusting handover (HO) parameters based on the Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements. Such adjustments are done with respect to loads of both an overloaded cell and its cells’ neighbours having enough available resources enabling to achieve load balancing. Numerical investigations through selected key performance indicators (KPIs) of the proposed MLB algorithms when compared with another HO algorithm (already implemented in ns-3) based on A3 event [2] highlight the significant MLB gains provided in terms global network throughput, packet loss rate and the number of successful HO without incurring significant overhead. 

KEYWORDS

LTE networks, Mobility load balancing, Handover, Simulation details

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