Impact of Inter-Next Generation Node B (gNB) Distance on End-User Applications in 5G Networks
摘要
The mobility of users as well as the distance between the gNBs impact the performance of the mobile networks. Very few studies have analyzed the impact of inter-gNB distance on the UEs moving in the overlapped region of gNBs. In this paper, network scenarios are created to capture the impact of distance between two gNBs on the user equipment (UEs) moving in the overlapped region of these two gNBs. To do this analysis, a number of simulations are performed using a stand-alone architecture (SA) of a fifth-generation (5G) new radio (NR) library of Network Emulator and Simulator (NetSim). The simulation results have shown that with the increase in inter-gNB distance throughput of the end-user applications and average received power of UEs decreases and packet loss, delay, and jitter of end-user applications increases.