EU FP7 INFSO-ICT-317669 METIS, D4.2 Final report on trade-off investigations

Osman Aydin; Zhe Ren; Maiden Bostov; Tilak Rajesh Lakshmana; Sui Yutao; Tommy Svensson; Sun Wanlu; Erik Ström; Liang Hu; Emmanuel Ternon; Gabor Fodor; Nadia Brahmi; Emmanuel Pollakis; Chan Zhou; Ömer Bulakci; Panagiotis Spapis; Alex Kaloxylos; Apostolos Kousaridas; Petteri Lundén; Reza Holakouei; Michał Maternia; Venkatkumar Venkatasubramanian; Fernando Sanchez Moya; Marcin Rodziewicz; Pawel Sroka; Javier Lorca Hernando; Ji Lianghai; Nandish Kuruvatti; Andreas Klein; Daniel Calabuig

EU FP7 INFSO-ICT-317669 METIS, D4.2 Final report on trade-off investigations
Report, 2014

Research activities in METIS WP4 include several aspects related to the network-level of future wireless communication networks. Thereby, a large variety of scenarios is considered and solutions are proposed to serve the needs envisioned for the year 2020 and beyond. This document provides vital findings about several trade-offs that need to be leveraged when designing future network-level solutions. In more detail, it elaborates on the following trade-offs: • Complexity vs. Performance improvement • Centralized vs. Decentralized • Long time-scale vs. Short time-scale • Information Interflow vs. Throughput/Mobility enhancement • Energy Efficiency vs. Network Coverage and Capacity Outlining the advantages and disadvantages in each trade-off, this document serves as a guideline for the application of different network-level solutions in different situations and therefore greatly assists in the design of future communication network architectures.

M2M

multi-RAT network

capacity

performance improvement

complexity

mobility enhancement

D2D

moving cells

METIS

Ultra Dense Network

information interflow

coverage

throughput enhancement

centralized/decentralized methods

time- scale

energy efficiency

Trade-off

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