LabVIEW based platform for prototyping dense LTE networks in CROWD project

Rohit Gupta, Thomas Vogel, Nikhil Kundargi, Amal Ekbal, Arianna Morelli, Vincenzo Mancuso, Vincenzo Sciancalepore, Russell Ford, Sundeep Rangan

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Abstract

Next generation wireless networks (5G) have to cope with significant traffic increase due to high quality video transmission and cloud-based applications. Such requirements create the need for a revolutionary change in architecture rather than a series of local and incremental technology updates. A dense heterogeneous deployment of small cells such as pico/femto cells in addition to high power macro cells is foreseen as one of the potential solutions to achieve these requirements. While there is significant amount of research in this area that relies on simulations at PHY, MAC and higher layers, it is still necessary to validate the algorithms for next generation systems in a real-time testbed. However, the ever increasing complexity in all layers of current and future generations of cellular wireless systems has made an end-to-end demonstration of the network limited to industrial research labs or large academic institutions. In this paper, we show a LabVIEW1 based PXI platform in which LTE-like SISO OFDM PHY Layer is integrated with an open source protocol stack to prototype PHY/MAC cross layer algorithms within CROWD 2 Software Defined Networking (SDN) framework as a solution to tame dense deployment of wireless networks.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationEuCNC 2014 - European Conference on Networks and Communications
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Print)9781479952809
DOIs
StatePublished - 2014
Event2014 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2014 - Bologna, Italy
Duration: Jun 23 2014Jun 26 2014

Publication series

NameEuCNC 2014 - European Conference on Networks and Communications

Other

Other2014 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2014
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period6/23/146/26/14

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications

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