Performance of Long Term Evolution for Wireless Networks
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Tauseef Ahmad [1]
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[1] Aligarh Muslim University
Aligarh Muslim University
India
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- Localización: Journal of Computer Science and Technology, ISSN-e 1666-6038, Vol. 14, Nº. 1, 2014, págs. 59-60
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
Long Term Evolution (LTE) is a standard for high speed communication in wireless networks. It is developed by 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). One of the goals of LTE was to increase the capacity of wireless networks so that communication can be performed at high speeds. The second goal was to redesign and simplify the architecture of the network so as to conform to an Internet Protocol (IP) based system so that there is significant reduction in the communication delays. Before deploying a technology, it is advisable to evaluate its performance. In this thesis, our objective was to evaluate the performance of LTE for wireless networks. There are many issues related to a wireless network that are more complicated as compared to a wired network. For example, a protocol that is performing adequately for wired network might be compromised for wireless networks due to characteristics of wireless links such as bit error rate, mobility, multipath propagation, and hidden and exposed terminal problems. Evaluating a medium access control (MAC) protocol for wireless networks such as LTE is not an easy task. Moreover, there are different types of traffics at the transport layer depending on the application. It also makes the task of evaluating the performance little more complicated. In this thesis, we evaluated the performance of LTE under different types of traffics.
