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ReviewSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Multi-Connectivity for 5G Networks and Beyond: A Survey.

Tidiane Sylla, Leo Mendiboure, Sassi Maaloul, Hasnaa Aniss, Mohamed Aymen Chalouf, Stéphane Delbruel

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Review in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
3citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tidiane SyllaCOSYS-ERENA Lab., Université Gustave Eiffel, 33400 Talence, France.ORCID 0000-0002-3781-6973
Leo MendiboureCOSYS-ERENA Lab., Université Gustave Eiffel, 33400 Talence, France.ORCID 0000-0001-6643-9567
Sassi MaaloulCOSYS-ERENA Lab., Université Gustave Eiffel, 33400 Talence, France.ORCID 0000-0002-7190-9989
Hasnaa AnissCOSYS-ERENA Lab., Université Gustave Eiffel, 33400 Talence, France.ORCID 0000-0002-9382-3123
Mohamed Aymen ChaloufIRISA Lab., University Rennes 1, 22300 Lannion, France.ORCID 0000-0002-4653-7837
Stéphane DelbruelLaBRI, University of Bordeaux, 33400 Talence, France.ORCID 0000-0003-2794-4792

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To manage a growing number of users and an ever-increasing demand for bandwidth, future 5th Generation (5G) cellular networks will combine different radio access technologies (cellular, satellite, and WiFi, among others) and different types of equipment (pico-cells, femto-cells, small-cells, macro-cells, etc.). Multi-connectivity is an emerging paradigm aiming to leverage this heterogeneous architecture. To achieve this, multi-connectivity proposes to enable UE to simultaneously use component carriers from different and heterogeneous network nodes: base stations, WiFi access points, etc. This could offer many benefits in terms of quality of service, energy efficiency, fairness, mobility, and spectrum and interference management. Therefore, this survey aims to present an overview of multi-connectivity in 5G networks and beyond. To do so, a comprehensive review of existing standards and enabling technologies is proposed. Then, a taxonomy is defined to classify the different elements characterizing multi-connectivity in 5G and future networks. Thereafter, existing research works using multi-connectivity to improve the quality of service, energy efficiency, fairness, mobility management, and spectrum and interference management are analyzed and compared. In addition, lessons common to these different contexts are presented. Finally, open challenges for multi-connectivity in 5G networks and beyond are discussed.

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AgricultureReference Standards5G networksenergy efficiencyfairnessmobility managementmulti-connectivityquality of servicespectrum managementuser association

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PMID36236690
PMCPMC9573546

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