LTE speech traffic estimation for network dimensioning

Author

Jailani, Elias ; Ibrahim, Muhamad ; Rahman, Ruhani Ab

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

23-26 Sept. 2012

Firstpage

315

Lastpage

320

Abstract

LTE voice application is based on packet IP which is known as VoLTE by GSMA. To estimate VoLTE traffic, the UTRAN voice calls need to correctly convert into full-IP traffic and impose with a correct LTE codec. The knowledge to estimate data rate requirements is very important for network planning & dimensioning. This paper provides a dimensioning approach for LTE network using the readily available UTRAN traffic data from the speech traffic perspective. The estimated traffic throughput requirement per eNodeB as well as overall LTE network cluster is presented and can be used to dimension the eUTRAN as well as IP Transport nodes.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; IP networks; Internet telephony; Long Term Evolution; WiMax; radio access networks; telecommunication traffic; GSMA; IP transport nodes; LTE codec; LTE network cluster; LTE speech traffic estimation; LTE voice application; Long Term Evolution; UMTS terrestrial radio access network; UTRAN traffic performance approach; UTRAN voice calls; VoLTE traffic; eNodeB; eUTRAN; full-IP traffic; network dimensioning; network planning; packet IP; traffic throughput requirement; voice over LTE; Bandwidth; Codecs; IP networks; Payloads; Radiation detectors; Speech; Wireless communication; Long Term Evolution (LTE); Third Generation (3G); UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network (UTRAN); Voice over LTE (VoLTE); Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Technology and Applications (ISWTA), 2012 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Bandung

ISSN

2324-7843

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2209-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISWTA.2012.6373868

Filename

6373868