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A3-Based Measurements and Handover Model for NS-3 LTE

Authors:
Budiarto Herman
Dmitry Petrov
Jani Puttonen
Janne Kurjenniemi

Keywords: Long term evolution; handover; simulation; ns-3

Abstract:
This paper presents a Long Term Evolution (LTE) handover algorithm implementation based on Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP) measurements and Event A3 on top of the LTE module of NS-3 network simulator. Many simulation scenarios in various research projects rely on user mobility. However, until recently complete realisation of relevant functionality has been missing in free and open source tools such as NS-3. Detailed modeling of RSRP measurements, including sliding window averaging, time-to-trigger and hysteresis evaluations are considered in this paper. Received simulation results are verified through comparison with other publication, suggesting a promising direction for further studies of dynamic scenarios.

Pages: 20 to 23

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: November 17, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3468

ISBN: 978-1-61208-313-1

Location: Lisbon, Portugal

Dates: from November 17, 2013 to November 21, 2013