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Comparative Study of Power Saving and Delay in LTE DRX, Directional-DRX and Hybrid-Directional DRX

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With integration of advanced long term evolution networks (LTE networks) in mobile technology, 5G networks are introduced due to broadband spectrum extension which requires higher power consumption. Discontinuous reception (DRX) sleep mode mechanism is provided to accommodate lower power consumption of user equipment terminals (UEs). For mmWave directional communication air interface in LTE between UE and LTE eNB, UE performs beam searching and alignment with LTE eNB (4G base station) after every short/long DRX cycle during ON duration. Dual connectivity of UE to both LTE eNB and NR NodeB (5G New RAN base station) is a hybrid-directional system. This allows us to propose a sleep mode mechanism which is called hybrid directional-DRX (HD-DRX). In HD-DRX, UE performs beam searching and alignment with NR NodeB during ON duration only if data packet intimation. A semi-Markov chain process is introduced to describe UE state transition. Depending on this chain, power saving factor and average delay are calculated. HD-DRX power saving as compared to LTE DRX and Directional-DRX (D-DRX) is conducted. Due to different beam searching procedure, another comparison of average delay is assigned between D-DRX and HD-DRX. Data traffic model parameters are considered and numerical analysis is validated using MATLAB program simulations.

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    Mustafa M. Sallam, Hala B. Nafea & Fayez Wanis Zaki

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Sallam, M.M., Nafea, H.B. & Zaki, F.W. Comparative Study of Power Saving and Delay in LTE DRX, Directional-DRX and Hybrid-Directional DRX. Wireless Pers Commun 98, 3299–3317 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-017-5015-4

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