Communication protocols and simulation tool development for multimedia traffic optimization in LTE networks

This work tackles the issue of multimedia traffic optimization in LTE networks. The whole approach comprises two parts: first, the analysis and design of novel communication techniques; second, the implementation and extension of the network simulation tool (ns-3) used to test and validate the proposed approaches. This key features are provided along with the description and explanation of two effective contributions to the ns-3 developers community: the evaluation of handover algorithms in LTE femtocell networks, based on a centralized mechanism handled by a Home eNodeB Gateway (HeNB-GW), and the extraction of link effective measurements to enhance the system level simulator error model, based on Mutual Information Effective SINR Metrics (MIESM). © 2011 IEEE.