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Impact of M2M Communications on Cellular Telecommunications Networks

Authors:
Bruno Cruz
A. Manuel Duarte
Ricardo Ferreira

Keywords: Networks; Cellular Networks; Core Networks; Internet of Things; M2M; Mobile Networks; Network Planning; Service Orchestration; Traffic Analysis; UMTS.

Abstract:
Machine to Machine (M2M) communications have experienced very fast growth in recent times and several forecasts indicate that this trend is going to increase dramatically over the coming years. The traffic generated by M2M services can have very different characteristics as compared to conventional data or voice traffic, heavy burstiness being one its main features. This paper addresses the above issues in the context of cellular networks. Models for signaling and payload throughput in cellular core networks are derived, with particular focus on the effects of aggregated M2M services. These models were implemented in a computational tool that provides visualization of network performance and capacity metrics as function of different service orchestrations. This can be of great usefulness for Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) and other entities that need to understand how to design M2M services and how to deal with their impacts on cellular networks.

Pages: 86 to 92

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-324-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014