B5G 초고밀도 네트워크에서 유연한 이동성 관리 기법

학위논문(박사) -- 서울대학교대학원 : 공과대학 전기·정보공학부, 2022. 8. 박세웅.차세대 모바일 이동통신을 위한 새로운 서비스와 어플리케이션이 등장함에 따라, 사용자들은 기존 시스템 대비 더 높은 전송 속도를 요구한다. 더불어 사용자들은 높은 데이터 전송 속도를 안정적으로 보장 받기를 원한다. 모바일 네트워크 사용자의 데이터 트래픽이 증가할수록 네트워크의 밀집도를 증가시키는 초고밀도 네트워크 (ultra-dense network)에 대한 관심이 높아지고 있다. 그러나 이러한 초고밀도 네트워크 환경에서는 기존 네트워크 대비 핸드오버가 자주 발생하게 되고, 이로 인해 네트워크 성능이 제한되는 문제가 드러나고 있다. 따라서 초고밀도 네트워크의 성능을 극대화하기 위해서는 효율적인 이동성 관리의 중요성이 어느때보다 부각되고 있다. 본 학위논문에서는 초고밀도 네트워크 환경에서 효율적인 이동성 관리를 위하여 다음의 세 가지 전략을 고려한다. 1) MIAB (mobile integrated access and backhaul) 네트워크에서의 이동성 관리, 2) 딥러닝 기반 장애물 예측을 통한 사전적인 핸드오버, 3) 다중 연결 환경에서의 강인한 이동성 관리. 첫째로, MIAB 네트워크에서 사용자의 QoS (quality-of-service)에 심각한 영향을 미치는 핸드오버 지연 시간을 감소시키기 위한 핸드오버 기법을 제안한다. MIAB 네트워크 환경에서 발생할 수 있는 intra-gNB 핸드오버, inter-gNB 핸드오버, 부모 MIAB 노드 핸드오버의 세 가지 핸드오버 케이스를 분류하고, 부모 MIAB 노드와 자녀 MIAB 노드의 속도에 따른 각 핸드오버 케이스 발생 확률 모델을 제시하였다. 또한, 상향링크 컨트롤 플레인 데이터 전송 지연 시간을 분석하였다. 제안하는 핸드오버 기법은 저지연 상향링크 컨트롤 플레인 데이터 전송 기법과 자녀 MIAB 노드의 RACH-less 핸드오버 기법을 포함한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 MIAB 핸드오버 기법이 기존 핸드오버 기법 대비 핸드오버 지연 시간 및 오버헤드 성능보다 매우 뛰어난 것을 확인하였다. 다음으로 안정적인 이동성 관리를 위한 장애물 예측 기반의 사전 핸드오버 (BAPH) 기법을 제시한다. BAPH는 딥러닝 기법을 활용하여 장애물과 차량의 이동성을 예측하고, 특정 차량이 기지국과 LoS (line-of-sight)에 있는지를 예측한다. 예측된 차량의 미래 위치와 장애물의 미래 위치 정보를 이용하여 gNB와 RLF (radio link failure)를 겪기 이전 시점에 다른 gNB로 핸드오버를 수행한다. 제안하는 사전 핸드오버 기법의 성능을 다양한 도로 환경 및 차량 속도를 반영한 시뮬레이션을 통해 평가하였다. 마지막으로 다중 연결 네트워크의 장점을 최대로 끌어내기 위한 안정적인 핸드오버 기법을 제안한다. 앵커 BS와 액티브 BS 집합이 각 모바일 기기마다 설정되는 사용자 중심 초고밀도 네트워크 (UUDN)을 고려한다. 앵커 BS는 주변 BS들의 RACH 오케스트레이션을 통하여 모바일 기기가 핸드오버를 위해 전송하는 RACH 프리앰블을 다수의 BS가 받을 수 있도록 한다. 또한 핸드오버 과정에서 하나의 액티브 BS에 RLF가 발생하는 경우 핸드오버 과정을 지속하여 빠르게 RLF를 복구하는 기법을 제안한다. 시뮬레이션을 통해 제안하는 핸드오버 기법이 RLF 지속 시간을 현재 핸드오버 기법 대비 줄이는 것을 확인하였으며, 연결 수가 증가하는 경우에 RLF 지속 기간을 더 감소시키는 것을 확인하였다. 요약하면, 차세대 모바일 네트워크에서 이동성 관리와 관련된 새로운 네트워크 구조 및 프로토콜에 대한 문제를 제기한다. 현재 이동성 관리 기법이 고이동성 환경이나 초고밀도 네트워크 환경에서 네트워크의 성능을 저하시키는 것을 확인하였다. 따라서 차세대 모바일 네트워크 시스템에서의 새로운 이동성 관리 기법 및 전략을 제안한다. 제안하는 모든 이동성 관리 기법은 시뮬레이션 결과를 통해 성능을 평가되었다.As new services and applications for next-generation mobile communication emerge, users of mobile communication systems require a higher data rate than the existing system. In addition, mobile communication users want a high data rate to be reliably guaranteed anytime, anywhere. As data traffic of mobile network users increases, ultra-dense networks (UDN) that increase network density are in the limelight. However, in such a UDN environment, handovers (HOs) occur more frequently than in the existing mobile network system, which limits network performance. Therefore, to maximize the performance of the UDN, the importance of efficient mobility management is being emphasized more than ever. In this dissertation, the following three strategies are considered for efficient mobility management in the UDN environment: 1) Mobility management in mobile integrated access and backhaul (MIAB) networks, 2) Proactive HO through blockage prediction based on deep learning technology, 3) Reliable HO using the anchor node in the multi-connectivity environment. First, we propose a novel handover (HO) scheme for the MIAB network to reduce handover interruption time (HIT) and radio link failure (RLF) that have a significant impact on users' quality of service (QoS). We investigate HO cases that cover intra-gNB HO, inter-gNB HO, and parent MIAB node HO and develop their probabilistic models according to the velocities of the parent MIAB node and the child MIAB node. In addition, we investigate the latency in uplink (UL) control plane (CP) data transmission and each HO case for the baseline MIAB network. Our proposed HO scheme consists of low-latency UL CP data transmission with semi-persistent resource pre-allocation and RACH-less HO procedure for child MIAB nodes. Through simulation, we verify our proposed MIAB HO scheme outperforms the baseline HO scheme in terms of HO delay and HO overhead. Second, we propose the blockage-aware proactive HO (BAPH) scheme to support reliable mobility management. BAPH leverages a deep neural network (DNN) to predict the mobility of blockages and which BSs will be in the line-of-sight (LoS) with the vehicle device. With the predicted future blockage locations, the network supports proactive HO to the target gNB before radio link failure (RLF) occurs with the current serving gNB. We evaluate the performance of the proposed proactive HO scheme through simulations in various road environments. Finally, a reliable HO scheme that fully leverages the advantage of the multi-connectivity network is proposed. We consider a user-centric UDN (UUDN) architecture composed of an anchor BS and active BSs set for each UE. The anchor BS orchestrates the RACH of neighbor BSs that are not included in the active BS set for the target UE so that multiple target BSs can receive the RACH preamble transmitted by the UE. In addition, we propose a fast RLF recovery scheme that allows the existing HO process to continue when RLF occurs in the serving BS included in the active BS set. Through simulation, the performance of the proposed HO scheme is verified that the RLF duration of the UE is reduced compared to the current HO scheme even when the number of connections increases in a multi-connectivity environment. In summary, we claim issues in the new network architecture and protocols for the next-generation mobile networks related to mobility management. We demonstrate that the existing mobility management schemes limit the network performance in high-mobility environments and UDN environments. Therefore, we propose new mobility management schemes and strategies for the future mobile network system. All the proposed mobility management schemes are evaluated with simulation results.1 Introduction 1 1.1 Vision of B5G and Challenges 1 1.1.1 Vision of B5G Networks and Services 1 1.1.2 Research Trends and Challenges 2 1.2 Motivation 3 1.3 Main Contributions 5 1.3.1 Mobile Integrated Access and Backhaul Handover 5 1.3.2 Blockage Prediction-based Proactive Handover 6 1.3.3 Mobility Management in Distributed User-centric Ultra-dense Network 7 1.4 Organization of the Dissertation 7 2 Mobility Management of Multi-hop Mobile Integrated Access and Backhaul Network 9 2.1 Introduction 9 2.1.1 Contributions 11 2.1.2 Organization 12 2.2 Preliminary Study 12 2.2.1 IAB Network and Moving Cells 12 2.2.2 5G NR Handover 13 2.2.3 Motivation 14 2.3 System Model 15 2.3.1 Network Model 15 2.3.2 Communication Model 15 2.3.3 Directional Beamforming Model 16 2.3.4 Handover Model 18 2.4 Analysis of Mobility Management in MIAB Networks 18 2.4.1 UL CP Data Transmission Latency 19 2.4.2 Handover Latency 21 2.4.3 Handover Probability 23 2.5 Proposed Mobile IAB Handover Scheme 27 2.5.1 Low-Latency UL CP Data Transmission Scheme 27 2.5.2 Inter-gNB Handover Scheme 29 2.6 Performance Evaluation 31 2.6.1 HO Probability 33 2.6.2 Handover Latency 34 2.6.3 Effective Spectral Efficiency 37 2.7 Summary 41 3 Blockage-aware Proactive Handover for mmWave V2I Communications 42 3.1 Introduction 42 3.2 Preliminaries and Motivation 44 3.2.1 Effect of Blockages in mmWave Systems 44 3.2.2 DNN based Network Prediction 46 3.2.3 Motivation 46 3.3 Analysis on Blockage Effect 47 3.4 Proposed BAPH System 51 3.4.1 System Architecture 51 3.4.2 Communication Model 51 3.4.3 Deep Learning-based Location Prediction 52 3.4.4 Unobserved Blockage Detection and Estimation 54 3.4.5 Proactive Handover Process 57 3.6 Performance Evaluation 58 3.7 Summary 62 4 Anchor Node Based Reliable Handover in User-centric Ultra-dense Network 64 4.1 Introduction 64 4.2 Motivation 65 4.2.1 HO Process in 5G NR 65 4.2.2 HO Failure in the Baseline HO Scheme 66 4.3 Proposed Distributed User-centric Ultra-Dense Network Architecture 69 4.4 Anchor Node-based Mobility Management 71 4.5 Performance Evaluation 73 4.6 Summary 75 5 Concluding Remarks 76 5.1 Research Contributions 76 5.2 Future Research Directions 77 Abstract (In Korean) 85박

Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments

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A Review of Indoor Millimeter Wave Device-based Localization and Device-free Sensing Technologies and Applications

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Cooperative Radio Communications for Green Smart Environments

The demand for mobile connectivity is continuously increasing, and by 2020 Mobile and Wireless Communications will serve not only very dense populations of mobile phones and nomadic computers, but also the expected multiplicity of devices and sensors located in machines, vehicles, health systems and city infrastructures. Future Mobile Networks are then faced with many new scenarios and use cases, which will load the networks with different data traffic patterns, in new or shared spectrum bands, creating new specific requirements. This book addresses both the techniques to model, analyse and optimise the radio links and transmission systems in such scenarios, together with the most advanced radio access, resource management and mobile networking technologies. This text summarises the work performed by more than 500 researchers from more than 120 institutions in Europe, America and Asia, from both academia and industries, within the framework of the COST IC1004 Action on "Cooperative Radio Communications for Green and Smart Environments". The book will have appeal to graduates and researchers in the Radio Communications area, and also to engineers working in the Wireless industry. Topics discussed in this book include: • Radio waves propagation phenomena in diverse urban, indoor, vehicular and body environments• Measurements, characterization, and modelling of radio channels beyond 4G networks• Key issues in Vehicle (V2X) communication• Wireless Body Area Networks, including specific Radio Channel Models for WBANs• Energy efficiency and resource management enhancements in Radio Access Networks• Definitions and models for the virtualised and cloud RAN architectures• Advances on feasible indoor localization and tracking techniques• Recent findings and innovations in antenna systems for communications• Physical Layer Network Coding for next generation wireless systems• Methods and techniques for MIMO Over the Air (OTA) testin

Hybrid Free-Space Optical and Visible Light Communication Link

V součastnosti bezdrátové optické komunikace (optical wireless communication, OWC) získávají širokou pozornost jako vhodný doplněk ke komunikačním přenosům v rádiovém pásmu. OWC nabízejí několik výhod včetně větší šířky přenosového pásma, neregulovaného frekvenčního pásma či odolnosti vůči elektromagnetickému rušení. Tato práce se zabývá návrhem OWC systémů pro připojení koncových uživatelů. Samotná realizace spojení může být provedena za pomoci různých variant bezdrátových technologií, například pomocí OWC, kombinací různých OWC technologií nebo hybridním rádio-optickým spojem. Za účelem propojení tzv. poslední míle je analyzován optický bezvláknový spoj (free space optics, FSO). Tato práce se dále zabývá analýzou přenosových vlastností celo-optického více skokového spoje s důrazem na vliv atmosférických podmínek. V dnešní době mnoho uživatelů tráví čas ve vnitřních prostorech kanceláří či doma, kde komunikace ve viditelném spektru (visible light communication, VLC) poskytuje lepší přenosové parametry pokrytí než úzce směrové FSO. V rámci této práce byla odvozena a experimentálně ověřena závislost pro bitovou chybovost přesměrovaného (relaying) spoje ve VLC. Pro propojení poskytovatele datavých služeb s koncovým uživatelem může být výhodné zkombinovat více přenosových technologií. Proto je navržen a analyzovám systém pro překonání tzv. problému poslední míle a posledního metru kombinující hybridní FSO a VLC technologie.The field of optical wireless communications (OWC) has recently attracted significant attention as a complementary technology to radio frequency (RF). OWC systems offer several advantages including higher bandwidth, an unregulated spectrum, resistance to electromagnetic interference and a high order of reusability. The thesis focuses on the deployment and analyses of end-user interconnections using the OWC systems. Interconnection can be established by many wireless technologies, for instance, by a single OWC technology, a combination of OWC technologies, or by hybrid OWC/RF links. In order to establish last mile outdoor interconnection, a free-space optical (FSO) has to be investigated. In this thesis, the performance of all-optical multi-hop scenarios is analyzed under atmospheric conditions. However, nowadays, many end users spend much time in indoor environments where visible light communication (VLC) technology can provide better transmission parameters and, significantly, better coverage. An analytical description of bit error rate for relaying VLC schemes is derived and experimentally verified. Nonetheless, for the last mile, interconnection of a provider and end users (joint outdoor and indoor connection) can be advantageous when combining multiple technologies. Therefore, a hybrid FSO/VLC system is proposed and analyzed for the interconnection of the last mile and last meter bottleneck

Advanced Trends in Wireless Communications

Physical limitations on wireless communication channels impose huge challenges to reliable communication. Bandwidth limitations, propagation loss, noise and interference make the wireless channel a narrow pipe that does not readily accommodate rapid flow of data. Thus, researches aim to design systems that are suitable to operate in such channels, in order to have high performance quality of service. Also, the mobility of the communication systems requires further investigations to reduce the complexity and the power consumption of the receiver. This book aims to provide highlights of the current research in the field of wireless communications. The subjects discussed are very valuable to communication researchers rather than researchers in the wireless related areas. The book chapters cover a wide range of wireless communication topics

Proceedings of the Third International Mobile Satellite Conference (IMSC 1993)

Satellite-based mobile communications systems provide voice and data communications to users over a vast geographic area. The users may communicate via mobile or hand-held terminals, which may also provide access to terrestrial cellular communications services. While the first and second International Mobile Satellite Conferences (IMSC) mostly concentrated on technical advances, this Third IMSC also focuses on the increasing worldwide commercial activities in Mobile Satellite Services. Because of the large service areas provided by such systems, it is important to consider political and regulatory issues in addition to technical and user requirements issues. Topics covered include: the direct broadcast of audio programming from satellites; spacecraft technology; regulatory and policy considerations; advanced system concepts and analysis; propagation; and user requirements and applications

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System-Level Analysis of Blockage Dynamics in Millimeter-Wave Communications

The new generation of wireless technology, termed as the fifth generation (5G), introduces a large amount of novel features. An operation in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum becomes one of those features unlocking a wide bandwidth. The latter allows for a notable increase in the peak data rate by up to tens of gigabits per second and decreases latency to as low as few milliseconds. These improvements provide an opportunity to support high-rate and low-latency applications, such as augmented and virtual reality, eHealth, and many others. Though mmWave communications have great potential, they suffer from severe attenuation caused by signal blockage. In addition to large-scale blockers (i.e., buildings), small-scale blockers such as human bodies bring new challenges to the operation over mmWave bands. Large attenuation losses, as well as the unpredictable mobility of human body blockers, can significantly decrease a service quality when communicating over a mmWave link. Thereby, there is a need to properly model the blockage process, evaluate its impact on mmWave network performance, and estimate performance gains brought by different blockage mitigation techniques. The thesis proposes a mathematical methodology to characterize and evaluate the effect of blockage dynamics in mmWave networks. With the help of stochastic geometry and probability theory, it delivers mathematical models of static and dynamic small-scale blockage, as well as static large-scale blockage. It then introduces system-level performance evaluation frameworks accounting for the main features of mmWave communications, such as blockage and multipath propagation. The mathematical frameworks can also evaluate the impact of several blockage mitigation techniques in realistic deployment scenarios