Presentation 2016-12-21
Development of Network-Listening Time Synchronization method for Layered cell control architecture in a dense 3D cell structure
Yasuhiro Nagai, Shota Shiobara, Takao Okamawari, Teruya Fujii,
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Abstract(in English) HetNet (heterogeneous network) is currently studied in 3GPP to meet with rapid increase of mobile traffic. HetNet is defined as a cell structure in which small cells are overlaid on a macro cell. If HetNet is applied to an urban area, “dense 3D cell structure” is formed in which small cells are densely placed in tall buildings. We proposed a new network control architecture called “layered cell control architecture”. The proposed architecture logically separates the base stations of macro cells and the base stations of small cells by using eICIC (enhanced inter-cell interference cancellation), and simplifies the base station coordination control. To optimize the dense 3D cell structure against the change of traffic demands in a day, we need SFN (system frame number) synchronization as well as time synchronization for the control of the cell structure with UTC (coordinated universal time). For this purpose, we propose “network-listening time synchronization method”, and conducted an experiment to evaluate the proposed method.
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Keyword(in English) HetNet / dense-3D cell structure / Layered cell control structure / Network-Listening synchronization
Paper # RCS2016-212
Date of Issue 2016-12-14 (RCS)

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Committee NS / RCS
Conference Date 2016/12/21(2days)
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Topics (in English) Mobile Ad-hoc Network, Ubiquitous Network, Wireless Communication, security, Multi-Access Network
Chair Hideki Tode(Osaka Pref. Univ.) / Hidekazu Murata(Kyoto Univ.)
Vice Chair Yoshikatsu Okazaki(NTT) / Satoshi Denno(Okayama Univ.) / Yukitoshi Sanada(Keio Univ.) / Eisuke Fukuda(Fujitsu Labs.)
Secretary Yoshikatsu Okazaki(Kyushu Inst. of Tech.) / Satoshi Denno(NTT) / Yukitoshi Sanada(Toshiba) / Eisuke Fukuda(NTT DoCoMo)
Assistant Shohei Kamamura(NTT) / Tetsuya Yamamoto(Panasonic) / Toshihiko Nishimura(Hokkaido Univ.) / Koichi Ishihara(NTT) / Kazushi Muraoka(NEC) / Shinsuke Ibi(Osaka Univ.)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Network Systems / Technical Committee on Radio Communication Systems
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Development of Network-Listening Time Synchronization method for Layered cell control architecture in a dense 3D cell structure
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) HetNet
Keyword(2) dense-3D cell structure
Keyword(3) Layered cell control structure
Keyword(4) Network-Listening synchronization
1st Author's Name Yasuhiro Nagai
1st Author's Affiliation SoftBank Corporation(Softbank Corp.)
2nd Author's Name Shota Shiobara
2nd Author's Affiliation SoftBank Corporation(Softbank Corp.)
3rd Author's Name Takao Okamawari
3rd Author's Affiliation SoftBank Corporation(Softbank Corp.)
4th Author's Name Teruya Fujii
4th Author's Affiliation SoftBank Corporation(Softbank Corp.)
Date 2016-12-21
Paper # RCS2016-212
Volume (vol) vol.116
Number (no) RCS-383
Page pp.pp.29-34(RCS),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2016-12-14 (RCS)