Design of a novel multi-clustered 5G network for IoT applications

Abstract

Recently, fifth generation (5G) wireless standard is entering into the implementation stage with some of the initial design concepts and ideas. The 5G standard triangle is designed for supporting enhanced mobile broadband, massive machine type communication, and ultra reliable communication for the users. One of the major inclusions of this design targets is to provide internet to the huge small devices with low power, Internet of Things (IoT). In this direction, 5G technology has started to ensure IoT connectivity for the next generation users. The single clustering approach does not ensure the high throughput with low block error rate. In this paper, we have used the facilities of 5G to design a novel multi-clustered 5G network for IoT applications. A systematic analysis of the network is performed using well-suited UMa (urban-macro), and UMa3D (urban-macro-3-dimensional) path-loss models, for femto cell (FC) and pico cell (PC) configurations. Our investigation shows the superior performances of signal-to-interference-noise ratio (SINR), and throughput for UMa3D and pico cell configuration than their counterpart. We also find stable throughput over a wide range of users for the same configuration through maintaining insignificant block error rate (BLER) difference. Therefore, the proposed network seems very promising for practical implementation.