A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective

Wei Ye; Jason Carpenter; Zejun Zhang; Rostand A.K. Fezeu; Feng Qian; Zhi Li Zhang

doi:10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266621

A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective

Wei Ye, Jason Carpenter, Zejun Zhang, Rostand A.K. Fezeu, Feng Qian, Zhi Li Zhang

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Abstract

5G Stand-Alone (SA) deployment is crucial for unlocking the full potential of 5G, providing significant improvements to mobile user experience and enabling the development of new applications. As mobile operators start rolling out SA-5G to the market, there remains a lack of comprehensive measurement studies, leaving many questions about its capabilities. To this end, we conducted a timely in-field measurement study in April 2023, covering two major US cities where T-Mobile has designated SA-5G as the dominant and default radio access technology. Our study gathered over 10 hours of insightful network traces under different mobility scenarios. Using these datasets, this paper examines the characteristics of the recent 5G SA deployment, data plane performance, and mobility management. Our study provides a revealing snapshot of the current state of SA-5G in the US. We show that SA-5G exhibits improved performance over NSA-5G in many areas. Whereas we also identify areas where SA-5G yields poorer performance over NSA-5G.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	86-91
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350333732
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266621
State	Published - 2023
Event	3rd IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023 - Dubrovnik, Croatia Duration: Sep 4 2023 → Sep 7 2023

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Name	2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023

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Conference	3rd IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023
Country/Territory	Croatia
City	Dubrovnik
Period	9/4/23 → 9/7/23

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© 2023 IEEE.

Keywords

End-to-End Performance
Network Measurement
Non-Stand-Alone 5G
Radio Access Network
Stand-Alone 5G

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Ye, W., Carpenter, J., Zhang, Z., Fezeu, R. A. K., Qian, F., & Zhang, Z. L. (2023). A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective. In 2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023 (pp. 86-91). (2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266621

A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective. / Ye, Wei; Carpenter, Jason; Zhang, Zejun et al.
2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. p. 86-91 (2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ye, W, Carpenter, J, Zhang, Z, Fezeu, RAK, Qian, F & Zhang, ZL 2023, A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective. in 2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023. 2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 86-91, 3rd IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023, Dubrovnik, Croatia, 9/4/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266621

Ye W, Carpenter J, Zhang Z, Fezeu RAK, Qian F , Zhang ZL. A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective. In 2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2023. p. 86-91. (2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023). doi: 10.1109/MeditCom58224.2023.10266621

Ye, Wei ; Carpenter, Jason ; Zhang, Zejun et al. / A Closer Look at Stand-Alone 5G Deployments from the UE Perspective. 2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2023. pp. 86-91 (2023 IEEE International Mediterranean Conference on Communications and Networking, MeditCom 2023).

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