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Figure 2. Distribution ultra-dense cellular network with multiple gateways: a) the deployment scenario
with multiple gateways; b) the logical architecture with multiple gateways.
speed wireless transmission in partial regions dense cellular networks are jointly composed of
(e.g., indoor and hotspot scenarios). small cells and macrocells. Based on the back-
haul gateway configuration, two distribution
Distribution Architecture of architectures of ultra-dense cellular networks
are proposed as follows.
Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks
Motivated by the massive MIMO antenna and Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks with a Single Gateway:
millimeter-wave communication technologies, When only one gateway is deployed in the mac-
the densification deployment of small cells is rocell, the corresponding scenario and logical
emerging in 5G cellular networks. However, figures are illustrated in Fig. 1. Without loss
it is difficult to forward the backhaul traffic of of generality, the gateway is configured at the
every small cell BS by broadband Internet or macrocell BS, which usually has enough space
fiber links considering the cost and geographic to install massive MIMO millimeter-wave
deployment challenges in urban environments. antennas for receiving the wireless backhaul
Moreover, the small cell BS usually cannot traffic from small cells in the macrocell. The
directly transmit wireless backhaul traffic to a backhaul traffic of a small cell BS is relayed to
given gateway since small cell BSs adopting mil- the adjacent small cell BS by millimeter-wave
limeter-wave technology restrict the wireless links. All backhaul traffic of small cells is final-
transmission distance. In this case, the wireless ly forwarded to the macrocell BS by multihop
backhaul traffic has to be relayed to the given millimeter-wave links. In the end, the backhaul
gateway by multihop links. As a consequence, a traffic aggregated at the macrocell BS is for-
distributed network architecture is a reasonable warded to the core network by fiber to the cell
solution for 5G ultra-dense cellular networks. (FTTC) links.
In 5G ultra-dense cellular scenarios, to solve
the mobile user frequent handover problem in Ultra-Dense Cellular Networks with Multiple Gate-
small cells, the macrocell BS is configured only ways: In the distribution architecture of ultra-
to transmit the management data to control the dense cellular networks, multiple gateways
user handover in small cells, and the small cell deployment is flexible for forwarding the back-
BS takes charge of the user data transmission. haul traffic into the core network. In this case,
Therefore, the small cell network is not a com- gateways are deployed at multiple small cell
plement for the macrocell network. 5G ultra- BSs according to the requirement of backhaul
Densification deployment
Macrocells [4] Small cells Small cells
target
Backhaul traffic is directly forward- Backhaul traffic is relayed to the Backhaul traffic is relayed to
Backhaul method ed into the core network by the gateway by multihop wireless the gateway by multihop wire-
gateway [9] links less links
Number of backhaul
One One Multiple
gateways in a macrocell
Table 1. Comparison between conventional cellular networks and 5G ultra-dense cellular networks.
traffic and geography scenarios. In Fig. 2, the requirements. Every BS in conventional cellular
backhaul traffic of a small cell BS is relayed to networks has the same function, and the cover-
the adjacent small cell BS by millimeter-wave age of macrocells and microcells overlaps. For
links. Different from the single gateway config- 5G ultra-dense cellular networks, macrocell BSs
uration, the backhaul traffic of small cells will transmit the management data, and small cell
be distributed into multiple gateways in the BSs take charge of the user data transmission.
macrocell. The backhaul traffic aggregated at There is no overlap of the function and cover-
the specified small cell BS, that is, the gateway, age between macrocell BSs and small cell BSs.
is finally forwarded into the core network by Besides, 5G ultra-dense cellular networks with
FTTC links. Detailed scenario and logical fig- single gateways are cost efficient, but the back-
ures are illustrated in Figs. 2a and 2b. haul capacity bottleneck may exist at the single
Based on the comparison results shown in gateway. 5G ultra-dense cellular networks with
Table 1, the detailed differences between con- multiple gateways experience high cost of small
ventional cellular networks and 5G ultra-dense cell deployment. Compared to conventional cel-
cellular networks with single/multiple gate- lular networks, 5G ultra-dense cellular network
ways are explained as follows: the architecture performance will provide graceful degradation
of conventional cellular networks is a central- as the degree of mobility increases. To overcome
ized network architecture, and some microcells this challenge, multi-cell cooperative communi-
are densely deployed in partial areas (e.g., cation is a potential solution for 5G ultra-dense
urban areas) to satisfy crowded communica- cellular networks.
tion requirements. When 5G small cell BSs are
equipped with massive MIMO antennas and mil- Backhaul Network Capacity and
limeter-wave communication technologies, the
coverage of a small cell is obviously reduced. To Backhaul Energy Efficiency
realize seamless coverage, 5G cellular networks Although the density of small cells can approach
must be densely deployed by a large number of infinity in theory, it is unrealistic to deploy ultra-
small cells. In this case, 5G ultra-dense cellular dense cellular networks with infinite density in
networks can provide high bit rates in all cellu- practical engineering applications. The impact
lar coverage regions. Moreover, the architecture of the deployment density of ultra-dense cellular
of ultra-dense cellular networks is distributed, networks on the backhaul network capacity and
considering cost and geographic deployment energy efficiency is investigated in the following.