Ofinno Technologies, LLC Announces Their Research Into Whether Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed Can Coexist
Herndon, Virginia (PRWEB) April 17, 2017 -- Ofinno Technologies, LLC, a wireless communications research company, announced today their research into whether Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed can peacefully coexist.
LTE networks are currently overburdened with data. More spectrum is needed to offload part of the data traffic. One approach involves the use of unlicensed spectrum alongside licensed bands.
3GPP and other industry alliances have been considering the possibility of extending LTE into the unlicensed spectrum in an effort to stem LTE data traffic. When compared to data offload using Wi-Fi, this approach has the advantage of seamless integration into the existing LTE evolved packet core (EPC) architecture.
There has been a lot of dispute in the telecommunications industry as to whether Wi-Fi and LTE-Unlicensed can coexist without negative ramifications. Ofinno’s research aims to find out how Wi-Fi performs in the presence of duty cycle based LTE-U transmission on the same channel.
“A simple static airtime sharing between unlicensed LTE and Wi-Fi is generally not sufficient to ensure fair coexistence between these systems,” said Alireza Babaei, Senior Technical Staff at Ofinno Technologies, LLC. “However, other mechanisms that have been incorporated in the 3GPP version of unlicensed LTE, such as listen-before-talk, are well studied and enhance coexistence performance. Alternatively, adaptive airtime sharing where the duty cycle of LTE transmission dynamically changes considering Wi-Fi traffic, improves the coexistence performance.”
Ofinno’s research paper details how Wi-Fi and LTE-U coexist under a variety of circumstances. Depending on the interference noise ratio (INR), Ofinno classifies LTE-U interference as strong or weak and mathematical models are established accordingly.
“Coexistence of different technologies using the same frequencies is an important part of implementing a healthy ecosystem in spectrum sharing,” added Esmael Dinan, CEO of Ofinno Technologies, LLC. “This paper shows Ofinno’s commitment to quality and detailed technical analysis on complex technological issues facing the industry today.”
In the paper, the average throughput and service of Wi-Fi are formulated as functions of Wi-Fi and LTE-U system parameters are determined using probability theory. The Monte Carlo analysis is used to demonstrate the frames of Wi-Fi and LTE-U airtime sharing.
In order to overcome observed unfairness, Ofinno’s research discovered that other technologies must be developed for LTE networks. Ofinno’s full analysis and conclusions can be viewed at http://www.ofinno.com.
About Ofinno:
Ofinno develops wireless technologies that address some of the most important technological issues in today’s modern life. Our wireless technology innovators create new technologies that have an astounding 67% utilization rate, producing tangible results for both wireless device users and carriers alike. At Ofinno, the people inventing the technologies are also the people in charge of the entire process, from the idea, through design, right up until the technology is sold. Ofinno’s research focuses on fundamental issues such as improving LTE-Advanced performance, Mission Critical Services, Inter-Band Carrier Aggregation, New Radio for 5G, V2X, IoT, and Power Management. Our team of scientists and engineers seek to empower mobile device users, and the carriers that serve them, through cutting edge network performance innovations.
Ofinno is headquartered in Herndon, Virginia. For more information, visit https://ofinno.com.
Nahid Boustani, Ofinno, https://ofinno.com/, +1 (571) 299-4557, [email protected]
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