Evaluation of Mobile Connectivity when Aggregating Multiple Cellular Networks

Conference: Mobilkommunikation - 26. ITG-Fachtagung
05/18/2022 - 05/19/2022 at Osnabrück

Proceedings: ITG-Fb. 304: Mobilkommunikation – Technologien und Anwendungen

Pages: 6Language: englishTyp: PDF

Authors:
Buckow, Jan-Niklas; Schuetz, Bertram; Thieme, Stefanie (Osnabrück University, Institute of Computer Science, Osnabrück, Germany)

Abstract:
This work evaluates the improvements in mobile connectivity when aggregating multiple cellular networks. Therefore, measurements of the networks of all three German cellular providers were performed on selected test routes. Moreover, statistical connections between the networks of the three providers are examined. It is shown that packet loss can be considerably reduced and network coverage with LTE can be increased by aggregating several providers.