Abstract
In a 5G Radio Access Network (RAN), different features are offered as solutions to serve traffic with diverse characteristics and requirements, including flexible numerology, (non-)pre-emptive mini-slot based scheduling and network slicing. In this paper, we present an extensive simulation-based assessment of the relative merit of these distinct 5G features in the context of a smart city environment. We further derive the optimal feature combination and associated configuration which best handles the services related to the smart city environment given their performance requirements. The obtained insights confirm the commonly argued potential of slicing, emphasizing that the optimal configuration of the slice-specific numerology depends not only on the nature of the handled services but also on the selected RAN features. Among these features, non-preemptive mini-slot based scheduling and idle resource sharing reveal significant performance potential.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 2022 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) |
Place of Publication | Danvers |
Publisher | IEEE |
Pages | 81-87 |
Number of pages | 7 |
ISBN (Electronic) | :978-1-6654-6975-3 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-6654-6976-0 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Event | 2022 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) - Thessaloniki, Greece Duration: 10 Oct 2022 → 12 Oct 2022 |
Conference
Conference | 2022 18th International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications (WiMob) |
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Country/Territory | Greece |
City | Thessaloniki |
Period | 10/10/22 → 12/10/22 |
Bibliographical note
Green Open Access added to TU Delft Institutional Repository 'You share, we take care!' - Taverne project https://www.openaccess.nl/en/you-share-we-take-careOtherwise as indicated in the copyright section: the publisher is the copyright holder of this work and the author uses the Dutch legislation to make this work public.
Keywords
- 5G
- RAN features
- RAN slicing
- flexible numerology
- bandwidth parts
- mini-slots
- smart cities