Efficient traffic offloading for seamless connectivity in 5G networks onboard high speed trains

• Seamless wireless connectivity in high mobility scenarios (≥ 300 km/h), is one of the fundamental key requirements for the future 5G networks. High speed train (HST) is one of the preferred mid-range transportation systems, and highlights the challenges of providing wireless connectivity in high mobility scenarios for the 5G networks. Advanced version of Long Term Evolution (LTE-A) from the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) with peak data rate up to 100 Mbps in high mobility scenarios paved the road toward high quality and cost effective onboard Internet in HSTs. However, frequent handovers (HO) of large number of onboard users increase the service interruptions that in turn inevitably decrease the experienced quality of service (QoS). In this paper, according to the two-tier architecture of the HST wireless connectivity, we propose a novel and practically viable onboard traffic offloading mechanism among the HST carriages that effectively mitigates the service interruptions caused by frequent HOs of massive number of onboard users. The proposed architecture does not imply any change on the LTE network standardization. Conclusions are supported by numerical results for realistic LTE parameters and current HST settings.

Ämnesord

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Telekommunikation (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Telecommunications (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Datavetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Computer Sciences (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap -- Programvaruteknik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences -- Software Engineering (hsv//eng)

Nyckelord

5G networks

High speed trains

QoS provisioning

Traffic offloading

Cost effectiveness

Long Term Evolution (LTE)

Mobile telecommunication systems

Network architecture

Quality of service

Queueing networks

Radio communication

Railroad cars

Railroad transportation

Railroads

Wireless telecommunication systems

High speed train (HST)

Proposed architectures

Seamless connectivity

Third generation partnership project (3GPP)

Two-tier architecture

Wireless connectivities

5G mobile communication systems

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