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LTE-Xtend: Scalable support of M2M devices in cellular packet core

  • Vasudevan Nagendra
  • , Himanshu Sharma
  • , Ayon Chakraborty
  • , Samir R. Das

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Abstract

M2M (machine-to-machine) communications are bringing new challenges in the cellular networks as billions of such devices will need to be supported but at a fraction of the cost of today’s smartphones. Analysis shows that while many of these devices generate little data load on the network, their control signaling load and memory/CPU resource consumption due to tunnel maintenance in the cellular core could still be significant. To address this scalability issue, we propose a modified packet core architecture for LTE networks called LTE-Xtend that customizes control message handling and tunnel management for M2M traffic. Evaluations using OpenAirInterface demonstrates significant scalability benefits in using LTE-Xtend.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th Workshop on All Things Cellular
Subtitle of host publicationOperations, Applications and Challenges, ATC 2016
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages43-48
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781450342490
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 3 2016
Event5th Workshop on All Things Cellular: Operations, Applications and Challenges, ATC 2016 - New York, United States
Duration: Oct 3 2016Oct 7 2016

Publication series

NameAllThingsCellular 2015 - Proceedings of the 5th Workshop on All Things Cellular: Operations, Applications and Challenges, Part of SIGCOMM 2015

Conference

Conference5th Workshop on All Things Cellular: Operations, Applications and Challenges, ATC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York
Period10/3/1610/7/16

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