학술논문

Improving Session Continuity With Bandwidth Reservation in mmWave Communications
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Wireless Communications Letters IEEE Wireless Commun. Lett. Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE. 8(1):105-108 Feb, 2019
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Computing and Processing
Signal Processing and Analysis
Bandwidth
Millimeter wave technology
Performance evaluation
Queueing analysis
5G mobile communication
Millimeter wave communication
Language
ISSN
2162-2337
2162-2345
Abstract
Unexpected fluctuations in radio resource demands of active sessions in millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems caused by dynamic blockage of the line-of-sight path may lead to accidental session drops. Existing solutions addressing this problem incorporate multi-connectivity operation that reroutes an ongoing session to another mmWave access point nearby. We introduce and analyze an alternative approach for improving session continuity based on the concept of bandwidth reservation. We develop an analytical model for the mmWave system that employs the proposed technique and quantify its benefits and drawbacks. We show that even a small fraction of reserved bandwidth may significantly improve session continuity.