Coexistence of WiFi and LTE in unlicensed bands: A proportional fair allocation scheme

C Cano, DJ Leith - 2015 IEEE international conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
2015 IEEE international conference on communication workshop (ICCW), 2015ieeexplore.ieee.org
The use of the unlicensed spectrum by LTE networks (LTE-U or LAA-LTE) is being
considered by mobile operators in order to satisfy increasing traffic demands and to make
better use of the licensed spectrum. However, coexistence issues arise when LTE-U
coverage overlaps with other technologies currently operating in unlicensed bands, in
particular WiFi. Since LTE uses a TDMA/OFDMA scheduled approach, coexisting WiFi
networks may face starvation if the channel is fully occupied by LTE-U transmissions. In this …
The use of the unlicensed spectrum by LTE networks (LTE-U or LAA-LTE) is being considered by mobile operators in order to satisfy increasing traffic demands and to make better use of the licensed spectrum. However, coexistence issues arise when LTE-U coverage overlaps with other technologies currently operating in unlicensed bands, in particular WiFi. Since LTE uses a TDMA/OFDMA scheduled approach, coexisting WiFi networks may face starvation if the channel is fully occupied by LTE-U transmissions. In this paper we derive a novel proportional fair allocation scheme that ensures fair coexistence between LTE-U and WiFi. Importantly, we find that the proportional fair allocation is qualitatively different from previously considered WiFi-only settings and that since the resulting allocation requires only quite limited knowledge of network parameters it is potentially easy to implement in practice, without the need for message-passing between heterogeneous networks.
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