EU FP7 INFSO-ICT-317669 METIS, D4.2 Final report on trade-off investigations
Osman Enver Aydın, Zhe Ren, Maiden Bostov, Tilak Rajesh Lakshmana, Yutao Sui, Tommy Svensson, Wanlu Sun, Erik G. Ström, Liang Hu, Emmanuel Ternon, Gábor Fodor, Nadia Brahmi, Emmanuel Pollakis, Chan Zhou, Ömer Bulakçı, Panagiotis Spapis, Alexandros Kaloxylos, Απόστολος Κουσαρίδας, Petteri Lundén, Reza Holakouei · Chalmers Publication Library (Chalmers University of Technology) · 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.