Neural network approach for component carrier selection in 4G/5G networks

In order to ensure high transmission rate to a wide range of voice, video and data services, carrier aggregation (CA) has been introduced in the Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A). Moreover, CA is one of the principal enabling technologies for the 5G. Indeed, 4G and 5G can aggregate up to five component carriers (CC), simultaneously, to support a higher bandwidth. In this context, CC selection method is necessary. In this paper, we propose a new CC selection method in order to maximize the global system throughput. Neural network approach is introduced to select the best couple user-CC via a utility function. Simulation results prove that the proposed method outperforms in terms of system throughput, fairness and packet loss rate.

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