Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading is an important approach to address the data traffic challenge faced by Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Legacy offloading solutions based on the core network suffer fro...Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading is an important approach to address the data traffic challenge faced by Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Legacy offloading solutions based on the core network suffer from the limitations of load unbalance and user experience degradation. To solve this problem, 3GPP has recently proposed a radio access network (RAN) assisted WLAN offloading scheme. In this article, we thoroughly analyze the performance of this new scheme, with emphasis on the RAN auxiliary parameters and control rules defined in it. Furthermore, two kinds of offloading algorithms based on this scheme are proposed and compared with the traditional solutions by simulation. Results show that the RAN-assisted offloading scheme can increase average user throughput and leverage resources available in both LTE and WLAN systems.展开更多
This paper presents a creative wireless LAN (WLAN) bridging solution, concentrating on the overall realization of a well designed interconnection. This solution integrates effective traffic insulation, intended access...This paper presents a creative wireless LAN (WLAN) bridging solution, concentrating on the overall realization of a well designed interconnection. This solution integrates effective traffic insulation, intended access control, and required address translation without interfering with the vested interest of internet service provider (ISP). The specific solution can be widely applied on the campus-dorm (off campus)-ISP internetworking mode, where it is hard to implement wired link between campus network and dorm network in terms of cost and existing environmental constraints.展开更多
To solve the traffic load imbalance issue in cellular networks, which is often in the form of hot-spots caused by the different user mobility levels, one of the good solutions at present is to construct heterogeneous ...To solve the traffic load imbalance issue in cellular networks, which is often in the form of hot-spots caused by the different user mobility levels, one of the good solutions at present is to construct heterogeneous integrated wireless networks that combine cellular networks and wireless local area networks （WLANs） together. In general, the traffic volume is significantly heavier in the hot-spots of cellular networks and a higher data transferring rate can be provided by introducing a WLAN so as to raise the utilization of the channel and achieve a good balance between user satisfaction and the efficiency of the network. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive performance comparison of the systems both before and after the integration, based on an existing mathematical model, focusing on both the qualitative and the quantitative analysis of changes in the performance of the system to validate the efficiency and superiority of the cellular/WLAN integrated systems over cellular-only systems.展开更多
文摘Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) offloading is an important approach to address the data traffic challenge faced by Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. Legacy offloading solutions based on the core network suffer from the limitations of load unbalance and user experience degradation. To solve this problem, 3GPP has recently proposed a radio access network (RAN) assisted WLAN offloading scheme. In this article, we thoroughly analyze the performance of this new scheme, with emphasis on the RAN auxiliary parameters and control rules defined in it. Furthermore, two kinds of offloading algorithms based on this scheme are proposed and compared with the traditional solutions by simulation. Results show that the RAN-assisted offloading scheme can increase average user throughput and leverage resources available in both LTE and WLAN systems.
文摘This paper presents a creative wireless LAN (WLAN) bridging solution, concentrating on the overall realization of a well designed interconnection. This solution integrates effective traffic insulation, intended access control, and required address translation without interfering with the vested interest of internet service provider (ISP). The specific solution can be widely applied on the campus-dorm (off campus)-ISP internetworking mode, where it is hard to implement wired link between campus network and dorm network in terms of cost and existing environmental constraints.
文摘To solve the traffic load imbalance issue in cellular networks, which is often in the form of hot-spots caused by the different user mobility levels, one of the good solutions at present is to construct heterogeneous integrated wireless networks that combine cellular networks and wireless local area networks （WLANs） together. In general, the traffic volume is significantly heavier in the hot-spots of cellular networks and a higher data transferring rate can be provided by introducing a WLAN so as to raise the utilization of the channel and achieve a good balance between user satisfaction and the efficiency of the network. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive performance comparison of the systems both before and after the integration, based on an existing mathematical model, focusing on both the qualitative and the quantitative analysis of changes in the performance of the system to validate the efficiency and superiority of the cellular/WLAN integrated systems over cellular-only systems.
