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Users located on the cell edge suffer from low data rates due to interference and poor reception. The Coordinated Multipoint technology targets this problem but it imposes overhead on the network, which can result in degradation of the Quality of Service. The Direct CSI feedback to Elected Coordination station architecture minimizes such overhead, resulting in improved data rates. Here, we analyze...
Mobile devices nowadays can connect to the network very conveniently using cellular data network or WiFi. However, latency is still a challenge caused by the stability and the availability of the network, mainly in the context of mobile environments. In this paper, we propose an architecture based on a Cloudlet model using CAching and pre-FEtching scheme (CAFE scheme) to improve data access efficiency...
We consider a scenario in which an operator installs (small cell) base stations on top of city buses to offer better quality of experience (QoE) to their passengers. In that case, providing a consistent backhaul rate (i.e., a constant rate at all times) to these base stations could help mitigate the effects of mobility on the QoE. Specifically, we perform the analysis to determine the maximum consistent...
Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) consists of deploying computing resources (CPU, storage) at the edge of mobile networks; typically near or with eNodeBs. Besides easing the deployment of applications and services requiring low access to the remote server, such as Virtual Reality and Vehicular IoT, MEC will enable the development of context-aware and context-optimized applications, thanks to the Radio API...
In this paper, optimal content caching strategy is proposed to jointly minimize the cell average outage probability and fronthaul usage in cloud radio access network (Cloud-RAN). Closed form expression of the outage probability conditioned on the user's location is presented, and the cell average outage probability is obtained through the composite Simpson's integration. The caching strategy for jointly...
Orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) is considered as a promising technique to overcome interference in multi-cell cellular networks. However, the mobility of heterogeneous user equipment brings new challenge to traditional OFDMA network. The current research about OFDMA system mostly based on multi-cell cellular system that is not perfectly compatible with the future networks, for...
Requirements of mobile apps are often hard to elicit from massive numbers of users, although it is important for the solution architecture to meet them. Mobile Twin Peaks approach is proposed as a process of developing apps concurrently and iteratively that incorporates bidirectional communications within a mobile app. The communications allow both requirements engineers and software architects to...
The mobile and wireless networks used extensively by Internet of Things devices, are becoming more popular for data transfer between Cyber-Physical Systems. These are accessed through mobile applications installed on mobile devices, with various operating systems. The paper is presenting a Cyber Physical Systems Oriented platform for mobile transactions, with applications in remote services access...
The forthcoming 5G cloud networks will utilize software defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) to provide new services. However, applying these technologies introduce new threats to network. To detect the security attacks and malicious traffic both on end user and cloudified mobile network, we apply centralized monitoring and combine dynamicity and programmability of SDN,...
Mobile technology has a major role in every day life. The limitations of the mobile devices cause some serious issues in the performance of an application. The emerging mobile environment needs computational support from the external environment called cloud computing. The mobile devices establish the communication to the cloud through the wireless medium. The property of the mobile devices is not...
Radio Access Network (RAN) sharing and Cloud-RAN (C-RAN) are two major candidates for next generation mobile networks. RAN sharing ensures efficient usage of network equipments among multiple mobile network operators (MNOs) and C-RAN benefits installation, evolution, management and performance improvements. Similarly, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) concept provides many features including hardware...
In the LTE EPC, many network entities and interfaces have to be maintained and updated regularly. Moreover, to accommodate more users, new hardware must be integrated, although rarely used. To address these challenges, the EPC can be moved to the cloud using two modern technologies: SDN and NFV. In this paper, we study the impact of integrating these novel technologies on LTE networks. We propose...
In future mobile networks, e.g., 5G, emerging IoT services are expected to support billions of IoT devices with unique characteristics and traffic patterns. In this paper we propose an SDN-based IoT Mobile Edge Cloud Architecture (SIMECA1) which can deploy diverse IoT services at the mobile edge by leveraging distributed, lightweight control and data planes optimized for IoT communications. We prototyped...
Software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization (NFV) are the embraced technologies for the backhauling of future 5G networks. Virtual Machine (VM) and Docker container based deployments have received much attention. This paper presents the virtualization of a prototyped software defined radio access network (RAN) architecture by using VMs and Docker containers. In addition,...
Mobile Crowd Sensing (MCS) is a promising paradigm in which mobile users collect and share sensor data from their local environment using wireless mobile devices. The inherent openness of this platform and the selfishness of individuals make it easy to contribute low-quality sensor data, so the recruitment of suitable participants who are trustable and contribute high-quality sensor data, becomes...
In this paper, we propose a novel cellular network architecture including network virtualization controller for mobile core and backhaul sharing. Software-Defined Networking (SDN) based network virtualization is applied into Evolved Packet System (EPS) architecture of Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks. After virtualization of all evolved Node-Bs (eNodeBs) associated with different Mobile Operators...
In the large-scale Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WMAN) consisting of many wireless Access Points (APs),choosing the appropriate position to place cloudlet is very important for reducing the user's access delay. For service provider, it isalways very costly to deployment cloudlets. How many cloudletsshould be placed in a WMAN and how much resource eachcloudlet should have is very important for...
Most people refer to modern mobile and wireless ubiquitous solutions as an IoT application. The advances of the technology and establishment of cloud-based systems emerge the idea of the connected world over Internet based on distributed processing sites. In this paper, we discuss the dew computing architectural approach for IoT solutions and give an organizational overview of the dew server and its...
The provision of high speed connectivity to all citizens has been broadly accepted in the developed world, as one of the key elements for growth and innovation. Europe 2020 Strategy underlines the importance of the deployment of new network infrastructure, required for the provision of new innovative services, while in parallel sets ambitious targets in relation to the penetration of high speed broadband...
Advances in the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructures are enabling the gathering, processing and inference of a wide array of data, enabling more agile decision management frameworks in several contexts, including vehicle routing and navigation. Coupled with crowd-sensing, these decision management frameworks gain further advantage in terms of data availability. This work concerns itself with safety...
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