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ArticleSensors (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Combining 5G New Radio, Wi-Fi, and LiFi for Industry 4.0: Performance Evaluation.

Jorge Navarro-Ortiz, Juan J Ramos-Munoz, Felix Delgado-Ferro, Ferran Canellas, Daniel Camps-Mur, Amin Emami, Hamid Falaki

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Article in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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7 authors.

Jorge Navarro-OrtizDepartment of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, University of Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-4719-3156
Juan J Ramos-MunozDepartment of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, University of Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5428-3913
Felix Delgado-FerroDepartment of Signal Theory, Telematics and Communications, University of Granada, 18014 Granada, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-3494-9487
Ferran Canellasi2CAT Foundation, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-2981-3219
Daniel Camps-Muri2CAT Foundation, 08034 Barcelona, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9956-5068
Amin EmamiSmart Internet Laboratory-HPN, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UB, UK.
Hamid FalakiSmart Internet Laboratory-HPN, Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-3911-0886

Funding

European Comission, call H2020-ICT-2019 871428MICIU/AEI/ 10.13039/501100011033 Grant PID2022-137329OB-C43Ministry for Digital Transformation and of Civil Service of 444 the Spanish Government TSI-063000-2021-28
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fifth-generation mobile networks (5G) are designed to support enhanced Mobile Broadband, Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communications, and massive Machine-Type Communications. To meet these diverse needs, 5G uses technologies like network softwarization, network slicing, and artificial intelligence. Multi-connectivity is crucial for boosting mobile device performance by using different Wireless Access Technologies (WATs) simultaneously, enhancing throughput, reducing latency, and improving reliability. This paper presents a multi-connectivity testbed from the 5G-CLARITY project for performance evaluation. MultiPath TCP (MPTCP) was employed to enable mobile devices to send data through various WATs simultaneously. A new MPTCP scheduler was developed, allowing operators to better control traffic distribution across different technologies and maximize aggregated throughput. Our proposal mitigates the impact of limitations on one path affecting others, avoiding the Head-of-Line blocking problem. Performance was tested with real equipment using 5GNR, Wi-Fi, and LiFi -complementary WATs in the 5G-CLARITY project-in both static and dynamic scenarios. The results demonstrate that the proposed scheduler can manage the traffic distribution across different WATs and achieve the combined capacities of these technologies, approximately 1.4 Gbps in our tests, outperforming the other MPTCP schedulers. Recovery times after interruptions, such as coverage loss in one technology, were also measured, with values ranging from 400 to 500 ms.

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5GLiFiMPTCPmulti-connectivityschedulingWi-Fi

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PMID39338767
PMCPMC11435549

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