Distributed Load Balancing for Multi-User Multi-Class Traffic in MIMO-LTE-A Networks

In LTE network, load imbalance is the crucial issue which needs to be handled in order to exploit most of the benefit from LTE without degrading the throughput. In this study, we have proposed a Distributed Load Balancing for Multi-user Multi-class Traffic in MIMO-LTE Networks. First, we have proposed a robust load balancing framework to efficiently handle the traffic and also to keep the throughput as high as possible. To detect the overloaded cell, Call Blocking Ratio (CBR) is used as triggering mechanism. To minimize the load, optimization solution is implemented for unicast service and multicast service by selecting the proper transmission mode between Single Frequency Network (SFN) and Point to Multipoint (PTM) network. Moreover, to efficiently balance the congested cell detected by CBR Heaviest-First-Load-Balancing algorithm is implemented to avoid congestion in the traffic.

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