Software Defined Networking to support IP address mobility in future LTE network

Morteza Karimzadeh Motallebi Azar, Luca Valtulina, Hans Leo van den Berg, Aiko Pras, Marco Liebsch, Tarik Taleb

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    Abstract

    The existing LTE network architecture dose not scale well to increasing demands due to its highly centralized and hierarchical composition. In this paper we discuss the major modifications required in the current LTE network to realize a decentralized LTE architecture. Next, we develop two IP address mobility support schemes for this architecture. The proposed solutions can handle traffic redirecting and seamless IP address continuity for the nodes moving among the distributed anchor points in a resource efficient manner. Our approaches are based on the SDN (Software Defined Networking) paradigm which is also one of the most important candidate technologies to realize 5G mobile networks. We extend the NS3-LENA simulation software to implement a decentralized LTE network as well as the proposed IP mobility support schemes. The evaluation results show that the proposed solutions efficiently fulfill the functionality and performance requirements (e.g., latency and packet loss) related to mobility management.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2017 Wireless Days
    PublisherIEEE
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-5856-3
    ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-5857-0
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 29 Mar 2017
    Event9th IEEE/IFIP International Wireless Days Conference 2017 - Porto, Portugal
    Duration: 29 Mar 201731 Mar 2017
    Conference number: 9
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    Conference

    Conference9th IEEE/IFIP International Wireless Days Conference 2017
    Abbreviated titleWD 2017
    Country/TerritoryPortugal
    CityPorto
    Period29/03/1731/03/17
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