Optimizing Vehicular Users Association in Urban Mobile Networks

Geymerson S Ramos (1, 2, 3) , Razvan Stanica (1, 4, 3) , Rian G.S. Pinheiro (2) , Andre L.L. Aquino (2)

1 AGORA - AlGorithmes et Optimisation pour Réseaux Autonomes
2 UFAL - Universidade Federal de Alagoas = Federal University of Alagoas
3 INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
4 Inria Lyon

This study aims to optimize vehicular user association to base stations in a mobile network. We propose an efficient heuristic solution that considers the base station average handover frequency, the channel quality indicator, and bandwidth capacity. We evaluate this solution using real-world base station locations from São Paulo, Brazil, and the SUMO mobility simulator. We compare our approach against a state of the art solution which uses route prediction, maintaining or surpassing the provided quality of service with the same number of handover operations. Additionally, the proposed solution reduces the execution time by more than 80% compared to an exact method, while achieving optimal solutions.

Mots clés: Mobile Networks; User Association; Handover Management; Vehicular Users

Domaines: Informatique [cs]

Geymerson S Ramos, Razvan Stanica, Rian G.S. Pinheiro, Andre L.L. Aquino. Optimizing Vehicular Users Association in Urban Mobile Networks. 2024 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC), Apr 2024, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. pp.1-6, ⟨10.1109/WCNC57260.2024.10570709⟩. ⟨hal-04642478⟩