Joint bearer aggregation and control-data plane separation in LTE EPC for increasing M2M communication capacity

Go Hasegawa, Masayuki Murata

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21 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method for increasing the capacity of Machine-To-Machine (M2M) communication in mobile core networks. The proposed method combines two approaches: bearer aggregation inside mobile core networks for decreasing the load of Evolved Packet Core (EPC) nodes, and applying a Software Defined Networking (SDN) architecture to separate the control and data planes and aggregate control plane nodes in a cloud network environment for resource sharing. The combination of these two approaches is meaningful because they have a complementary relationship. We give a mathematical analysis and numerical results of a performance evaluation of the proposed method. The evaluation results show that we can increase the capacity of a mobile core network for M2M communication by around 30% when one of the two approaches is applied, while the performance gain increases up to 124% when both approaches are combined.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781479959525
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
Event58th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015 - San Diego, United States
Duration: 2015 Dec 62015 Dec 10

Publication series

Name2015 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015

Other

Other58th IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period15/12/615/12/10

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Communication

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