Publication detail

Implementation of 3GPP LTE Cat-M1 Technology in NS-3: System Simulation and Performance

MAŠEK, P. ŠTŮSEK, M. ZEMAN, K. DRÁPELA, R. OMETOV, A. HOŠEK, J.

Original Title

Implementation of 3GPP LTE Cat-M1 Technology in NS-3: System Simulation and Performance

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

As the type of transmitted data over communication networks started to shift from the human-generated to massive Machine-Type Communications (mMTCs), entirely new applications within the Internet of Things (IoT) market emerged. Recently introduced Cellular IoT (CIoT) communication technologies operating in the licensed frequency spectrum (i.e., Narrowband IoT (NB-IoT) and LTE-M) complemented the already implemented and field-tested technologies (e.g., LoRa(WAN) and Sigfox) transmitting data in license-exempt frequency bands. Owing to the licensed spectrum as well as to the standardization efforts put by the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the CIoT technologies are supposed to handle the massive number of data transmissions by introducing new categories of communication devices. In this regard, this paper elaborates on the critical parameters of the LTE Cat-M introduced by 3GPP. Along with the highlights of the technology in question, the implementation of LTE Cat-M1 in Network Simulator 3 (NS-3) is presented. Out of the obtained simulation data, the focus is primarily given to the network capacity for mMTC scenarios while utilizing the LTE Cat-M technology. What is even more, the side-by-side evaluation with legacy LTE/LTE-A systems is provided.

Keywords

3GPP LTE Cat-M; Cellular IoT; 5G; Network Simulator 3; Performance evaluation

Authors

MAŠEK, P.; ŠTŮSEK, M.; ZEMAN, K.; DRÁPELA, R.; OMETOV, A.; HOŠEK, J.

Released

30. 10. 2019

Location

Ireland, Dublin

ISBN

978-1-7281-5763-4

Book

2019 11th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT)

Pages from

1

Pages to

7

Pages count

7

URL

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8970869

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT159844,
  author="Pavel {Mašek} and Martin {Štůsek} and Kryštof {Zeman} and Roman {Drápela} and Aleksandr {Ometov} and Jiří {Hošek}",
  title="Implementation of 3GPP LTE Cat-M1 Technology in NS-3: System Simulation and Performance",
  booktitle="2019 11th International Congress on Ultra Modern Telecommunications and Control Systems and Workshops (ICUMT)",
  year="2019",
  pages="1--7",
  address="Ireland, Dublin",
  doi="10.1109/ICUMT48472.2019.8970869",
  isbn="978-1-7281-5763-4",
  url="https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8970869"
}