Improving 5G Performance in Critical Environments through MPTCP

Andrea Gentili; Seppo Horsmanheimo; Lotta Tuomimäki; Petri Hyvärinen; Heli Kokkoniemi-Tarkkanen; Ijaz Ahmad

doi:10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333809

Improving 5G Performance in Critical Environments through MPTCP

Andrea Gentili, Seppo Horsmanheimo, Lotta Tuomimäki, Petri Hyvärinen, Heli Kokkoniemi-Tarkkanen, Ijaz Ahmad

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Abstract

The 5G networks revolutionize industrial connectivity, offering reliable, low-latency, and high-bandwidth communication for diverse critical environments, including mining. However, the current uplink capacity of 5G poses limitations for transmitting large data volumes, necessitating the exploration of concurrent wireless solutions. To address this, our paper proposes leveraging a Wi-Fi mesh network in conjunction with 5G and a Multipath Transmission Control Protocol (MPTCP) scheduler. To do so, we deploy a test network in a tunnel able to serve 5G as well as mesh Wi-Fi. We then evaluate how a moving vehicle equipped with a connectivity unit can take advantage of both networks even in challenging conditions by turning off part of the 5G base stations. Ultimately, we demonstrate that employing Wi-Fi and MPTCP can augment 5G in scenarios with limited uplink capacity or unreliable coverage.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall)
Place of Publication	Hong Kong
Publisher	IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	979-8-3503-2928-5
ISBN (Print)	979-8-3503-2929-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333809
Publication status	Published - 11 Dec 2023
MoE publication type	A4 Article in a conference publication
Event	98th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China Duration: 10 Oct 2023 → 13 Oct 2023

Conference

Conference	98th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	10/10/23 → 13/10/23

Funding

The work was partly supported by the Finnish public funding agency Business Finland under the project Next Generation Mining (NGMining). The work of Ijaz Ahmad was partially supported by Business Finland under the project SUNSET-6G.

Keywords

5G
Wi.Fi mesh
MPTCP
QoS
Wireless communication
reliability
Wi-Fi mesh

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Gentili, A , Horsmanheimo, S , Tuomimäki, L, Hyvärinen, P, Kokkoniemi-Tarkkanen, H & Ahmad, I 2023, Improving 5G Performance in Critical Environments through MPTCP. in 2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall). IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Hong Kong, 98th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC 2023-Fall, Hong Kong, China, 10/10/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2023-Fall60731.2023.10333809

Improving 5G Performance in Critical Environments through MPTCP. / Gentili, Andrea ; Horsmanheimo, Seppo ; Tuomimäki, Lotta et al.
2023 IEEE 98th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2023-Fall). Hong Kong: IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, 2023.

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Improving 5G Performance in Critical Environments through MPTCP

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