On the Impact of NB-IoT on LTE MBB Downlink Performance

Abstract

Internet of Things (IoT) has become a part of everyday life as well as industry and society. One of the main concerns of a mobile operator before implementing IoT in the mobile network is how much the IoT traffic will affect the performance of MBB users. In this paper, we present the simulation study that analyzes the impact of NB-IoT implementation on LTE MBB performance, based on one real network case considering the current status as well as the projected future traffic growth in the network.

Keywords

• IoT (Internet of Things)
• MBB (Mobile Broadband)
• MTC (Machine Type Communications)
• NB (Narrow Band)
• RBG (Resource Block Group)