Impact of compression and small cell deployment on nb-iot devices coverage and energy consumption with a realistic simulation model

Zeinali, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9696-6528 and Thompson, JS (2021) Impact of compression and small cell deployment on nb-iot devices coverage and energy consumption with a realistic simulation model. Sensors, 21 (19). p. 6534. ISSN 1424-8220

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s21196534

Abstract

In the last few years, Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) technologies have been proposed for Machine-Type Communications (MTC). In this paper, we evaluate wireless relay technologies that can improve LPWAN coverage for smart meter communication applications. We provide a realistic coverage analysis using a realistic correlated shadow-fading map and path-loss calculation for the environment. Our analysis shows significant reductions in the number of MTC devices in outage by deploying either small cells or Device-to-Device (D2D) communications. In addition, we analyzed the energy consumption of the MTC devices for different data packet sizes and Maximum Coupling Loss (MCL) values. Finally, we study how compression techniques can extend the battery lifetime of MTC devices.

Item Type:	Article (Article)
Peer-reviewed:	Yes
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2024 09:58
Publisher:	MDPI AG
Additional Information:	This is an open access article which first appeared in Sensors, published by MDPI
Divisions:	Faculties > Science and Engineering Faculties > Science and Engineering > Department of Engineering
Subject terms:	LPWAN, Lempel-Ziv-Welch, NB-IoT, compression, energy consumption modeling, huffman, latency, small cell, Computer Simulation, Data Compression, Electric Power Supplies, Physical Phenomena, 0301 Analytical Chemistry, 0502 Environmental Science and Management, 0602 Ecology, 0805 Distributed Computing, 0906 Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Analytical Chemistry, 3103 Ecology, 4008 Electrical engineering, 4009 Electronics, sensors and digital hardware, 4104 Environmental management, 4606 Distributed computing and systems software
Data Access Statement:	The software used for the experiments reported in this paper is available on request from the authors via email.
URI:	https://e-space.mmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/636712
DOI:	https://doi.org/10.3390/s21196534
ISSN	1424-8220
e-ISSN	1424-8220

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