Traffic-Aware Multi-Tier Flying Network: Network Planning for Throughput Improvement

• Type: Article in International Conference Proceedings Book
• Date: 2018

Authors

Almeida, EN (Author) Other; Campos, R (Author) Other; Manuel Ricardo (Author) FEUP

Conference proceedings International

Title: 2018 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE (WCNC)

Pages: 1-6

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)

Barcelona, SPAIN, APR 15-18, 2018

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Authenticus ID: P-00N-ZSC

DOI: 10.1109/wcnc.2018.8377408

Abstract (EN): Despite recent advances, always-on broadband Internet connectivity is still not available in Temporary Crowded Events (TCEs). To solve this problem, this paper envisions a novel concept named Traffic-Aware Multi-Tier Flying Network (TMFN). A TMFN consists of a mobile and physically reconfigurable network of Flying Mesh Access Points (FMAPs) and Gateways, which is able to dynamically reconfigure its topology according to the users' traffic demands - characterized by the users' positions and offered traffic. To implement this concept, a novel traffic-aware Network Planning (NetPlan) algorithm is proposed, which dynamically determines the FMAPs' coordinates and Wi-Fi cell ranges according to the users' traffic demands, in order to improve the TMFN's aggregate throughput, without compromising the overall coverage. Simulation results obtained in scenarios typically observed in TCEs demonstrate improved Quality of Service metrics, specifically the mean throughput, thus validating the proposed NetPlan algorithm.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 6