System-Level Simulation Framework for NB-IoT: Key Features and Performance Evaluation
<|reference_start|>System-Level Simulation Framework for NB-IoT: Key Features and Performance Evaluation: Narrowband Internet of Things (NB-IoT) is a technology specifically designated by the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) to meet the explosive demand for massive machine-type communications (mMTC), and it is evolving to RedCap. Industrial companies have increasingly adopted NB-IoT as the solution for mMTC due to its lightweight design and comprehensive technical specifications released by 3GPP. This paper presents a system-level simulation framework for NB-IoT networks to evaluate their performance. The system-level simulator is structured into four parts: initialization, pre-generation, main simulation loop, and post-processing. Additionally, three essential features are investigated to enhance coverage, support massive connections, and ensure low power consumption, respectively. Simulation results demonstrate that the cumulative distribution function curves of the signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio fully comply with industrial standards. Furthermore, the throughput performance explains how NB-IoT networks realize massive connections at the cost of data rate. This work highlights its practical utility and paves the way for developing NB-IoT networks.<|reference_end|>
@article{zhang2024system-level,
    title={System-Level Simulation Framework for NB-IoT: Key Features and
  Performance Evaluation},
    author={Shutao Zhang, Wenkun Wen, Peiran Wu, Hongqing Huang, Liya Zhu, Yijia
  Guo, Tingting Yang, and Minghua Xia},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.17691},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2407.17691},
    primaryClass={cs.NI cs.SY eess.SY}
}