Mobility Performance in Slow- and High-Speed LTE Real Scenarios

Lucas Chavarria Gimenez, Maria Carmela Cascino, Maria Stefan, Klaus I. Pedersen, Andrea Fabio Cattoni

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Abstract

Mobility performance and handover data interruption times in real scenarios are studied by means of field measurements in an operational LTE network. Both slow- and high-speed scenarios are analyzed by collecting results from two different areas: Aalborg downtown and the highway which encircles the same city. Measurements reveal that the terminal is configured by the network with different handover parametrization depending on the serving cell, which indicates the use of mobility robustness optimization. Although the network is dominated by three sector sites, no intra-site handovers are observed in the city center as cells on the same site often cover different non-crossing street canyons. Moreover, no handover failures are experienced in the measurements which confirms robust LTE mobility performance. The average interruption time, which is at least equal to the handover execution time, lays within a 24-29 ms interval. Nevertheless, examples of delays larger than 100 ms are occasionally observed. The studied scenarios are replicated in a system level simulator to investigate whether simulations are capable of reproducing similar mobility performance.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationVehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring), 2016 IEEE 83rd
Number of pages5
PublisherIEEE
Publication date15 May 2016
ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-1699-0
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-1698-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 May 2016
Event2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2016-Spring - Nanjing, Nanjing, China
Duration: 15 May 201618 May 2016

Conference

Conference2016 IEEE 83rd Vehicular Technology Conference VTC2016-Spring
LocationNanjing
Country/TerritoryChina
CityNanjing
Period15/05/201618/05/2016
SeriesI E E E V T S Vehicular Technology Conference. Proceedings
ISSN1550-2252

Keywords

  • Mobility
  • LTE
  • Handovers
  • Interruption time
  • handover delay
  • measurements

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