Location Information-Aided Load Balancing Design for Hybrid LiFi and WiFi Networks

Weibin Ma, Lin Zhang, Zhiqiang Wu

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Abstract

The hybrid light fidelity (LiFi) and wireless fidelity (WiFi) networks is regarded as a promising solution for future indoor wireless communication. In this paper, we present a location information-based load balancing (LB) strategy for the hybrid indoor wireless networks. In our design, we utilize the location information of user terminals (UTs) to design the LB algorithm. Thanks to the dense deployment of the light emitting diodes (LEDs) in LiFi network, the positioning precision is high and the location information can be used to select the UTs among clustering ones to access the WiFi AP. With the objective of maximizing the system throughput under proportional fairness constraints, we then develop a location information-aided LB algorithm according to three presented LB rules. Simulation results demonstrate that, with our location information-aided LB design, the hybrid system can provide high throughput performances and meet the user data rate demands satisfactorily.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publication2019 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications (ICNC)
PublisherIEEE
Pages413-417
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5386-9223-3, 978-1-5386-9222-6
ISBN (Print)978-1-5386-9224-0
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 11 2019
Event2019 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2019 - Honolulu, United States
Duration: Feb 18 2019Feb 21 2019

Conference

Conference2019 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, ICNC 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityHonolulu
Period2/18/192/21/19

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Software
  • Hardware and Architecture

Keywords

  • Hybrid light fidelity (LiFi) and wireless fidelity (WiFi) networks
  • Light emitting diodes
  • Load balancing
  • Location information
  • Throughput

Disciplines

  • Electrical and Computer Engineering

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