Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Rural Areas Scope in Malaysia

Shayea, Ibraheem; Azmi, Marwan Hadri; Ergen, Mustafa; El‐Saleh, Ayman A.; Chua, Tien Han; Arsad, Agus; Rahman, Tharek Abd; Alhammadi, Abdulraqeb; Daradkeh, Yousef Ibrahim; Nandi, Dalia

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“…To the best of our knowledge, and based on our observations with recommendations from professors, the average maximum movement speed for a car is suggested to be around 140 km/h in a study of this type. Moreover, based on the test drive study conducted in urban areas, on suburban highways, and rural areas [72,73] for a project we performed, the recommended movement speed for the car was 60 km/h to facilitate reliable measurements. Furthermore, we are currently working on different mobile speed scenarios that consider train speed and drones, which will be up to 500 km/h.…”

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Handover Parameters Optimisation Techniques in 5G Networks

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The massive growth of mobile users will spread to significant numbers of small cells for the Fifth Generation (5G) mobile network, which will overlap the fourth generation (4G) network. A tremendous increase in handover (HO) scenarios and HO rates will occur. Ensuring stable and reliable connection through the mobility of user equipment (UE) will become a major problem in future mobile networks. This problem will be magnified with the use of suboptimal handover control parameter (HCP) settings, which can be configured manually or automatically. Therefore, the aim of this study is to investigate the impact of different HCP settings on the performance of 5G network. Several system scenarios are proposed and investigated based on different HCP settings and mobile speed scenarios. The different mobile speeds are expected to demonstrate the influence of many proposed system scenarios on 5G network execution. We conducted simulations utilizing MATLAB software and its related tools. Evaluation comparisons were performed in terms of handover probability (HOP), ping-pong handover probability (PPHP) and outage probability (OP). The 5G network framework has been employed to evaluate the proposed system scenarios used. The simulation results reveal that there is a trade-off in the results obtained from various systems. The use of lower HCP settings provides noticeable enhancements compared to higher HCP settings in terms of OP. Simultaneously, the use of lower HCP settings provides noticeable drawbacks compared to higher HCP settings in terms of high PPHP for all scenarios of mobile speed. The simulation results show that medium HCP settings may be the acceptable solution if one of these systems is applied. This study emphasises the application of automatic self-optimisation (ASO) functions as the best solution that considers user experience.

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Handover Parameters Optimisation Techniques in 5G Networks

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“…This section presents the research methodology used for collecting data and conducting this study, including the hardware and software employed, the tested geographical areas, the test processes, quality control aspects, MBB services and MNO networks of radio technologies. This methodology has been applied to various morphologies such as the rural areas of Malaysia, as presented in our previous works [26,54]. However, the morphology type and testing areas in this research are entirely different.…”

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“…The performance of MBB networks has been extensively studied from various aspects and contexts throughout the literature [26][27][28][29][30][31]. Several measurements and data processing applications, software packages and platforms with various measurement data types have been used for distinct MBB performance metrics.…”

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“…However, this paper only focuses on the urban morphology, while the other papers highlight the remaining morphologies. The methodology used in this paper is the same as that used in our previous papers [26,54], but with one substantial difference: the scope of this study only focuses on the urban areas throughout Malaysia, while the previous study had focused on rural areas. The study outcomes will enable MBB service providers and radio regulators to establish plans for sustainable MBB services in Malaysia.…”

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Urban Areas Scope in Malaysia

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The performance of Mobile Broadband (MBB) services of Fourth Generation (4G) and Third Generation (3G) mobile networks over urban morphology is studied in Malaysia based on experimental measurements of drive test data. The aim of this study is to provide a roadmap for service providers to establish a realistic plan for future Fifth Generation (5G) networks. This work is a continuation of our previous work for the scope of rural areas in Malaysia. The MBB measurement data have been gathered through drive tests conducted in the urban areas of four states throughout Malaysia (namely, Klang Valley/Selangor, Johor, Sarawak and Sabah) to characterise and analyse MBB performances. The gathered data are from the cities, highways and federal roads of the chosen states, and encompasses three main Mobile Network Operators (MNOs). Data has been collected in a time span of 2 months, from January to February, using the Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone handsets. Four MBB Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) are considered in this study (coverage, latency, satisfaction and speed) for two MBB services (web browsing and video streaming). The measurement data for characterising the performance of each MBB service has been collected using a dedicated smartphone handset. YouTube videos with 720p and 1080p resolutions have been sequentially streamed to assess the performance of MBB video-streaming services. Three distinct websites (Google, Instagram and mStar) have been accessed to evaluate the performance of MBB web-browsing services. The experimental methodology of this study integrates several diversified elements including four different urban states, four distinct KPIs, three main MNOs, two MBB services and two radio networks (4G and 3G), which are both accessible by the smartphones when available to mimic real-world scenarios. The results of this study reveal that the performance of 4G radio networks is generally superior to that of 3G . For instance, 4G networks achieved a vMOS score of more than 3 for both MBB video-streaming and web-browsing services, while 3G networks scored less than 3 across all four study areas. The analysed experimental results confirmed that compared to 3G networks, 4G technology presents an enhancement factor of up to 1.6 and 4.2 in download speed when streaming a video and browsing a web page, respectively. The study outcomes can contribute to the efficient planning of nonstandalone (NSA) 5G networks in Malaysia where 5G networks will be aided by existing 4G infrastructures. Analysing the 4G coverage performance is the first step towards deciding the deployment rate of NSA 5G in Malaysia.INDEX TERMS Mobile Broadband, urban areas, Malaysia, 3G and 4G networks, plans for 5G technology in Malaysia

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“…That entails the software and hardware employed, the test processes, the tested geographical areas, quality control characteristics, MBB services, and MNOs. As presented in our earlier works [25][26][27], the rural and urban areas of Malaysia have witnessed the implementation of this methodology. Nevertheless, the testing areas and the morphology type are totally different in this research.…”

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Technologies and 5G Trends and Beyond Networks in Malaysia

Shayea¹,

Azmi²,

Ergen³

2021

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<p>This paper analysis and investigate the performance of Mobile Broadband (MBB) cellular networks based on the drive tests for suburban areas (at four states) in Malaysia. The data were collected from three main national Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) by using unbranded Samsung Galaxy S6 smartphone handsets, while the period of data collection was between January and February. Two MBB services were considered which are the video streaming and web browsing. For each MNO, the performance data of one MBB service was collected through one a dedicated smartphone. One smartphone was used to browse three different webpages, and One smartphone was employed to stream two YouTube videos with two different resolutions. The study considered four MBB Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), namely: latency, coverage, speed and satisfaction. As per the results, the performance of Fourth Generation (4G) is found superior than that of Third Generation (3G) networks. For instance, a vMOS score of above 3.3 was achieved by 4G networks for MBB video-streaming service, while, score of below 2.6 was attained by 3G networks across all the four studied areas. In addition, it was observed that an enhancement factor of up to 2.86 and 2.83 in download speed was presented by 4G technology in case of video streaming and web page browsing respectively as compared to 3G technology. Examining the performance of current MBB networks is supportive before the deployment of the 5G network. The efficient development of 5G networks in Malaysia can be realized through these study findings, where the existing 4G infrastructures will contribute to supporting the 5G and 6G networks.</p>

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Performance Analysis of Mobile Broadband Networks With 5G Trends and Beyond: Rural Areas Scope in Malaysia

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