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5G New Radio Sidelink Link-Level Simulator and Performance Analysis

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Fernando J. Cintrón,

Lyutianyang Zhang,

Sumit RoyAuthors Info & Claims

MSWiM '22: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems

Pages 75 - 84

https://doi.org/10.1145/3551659.3559049

Published: 24 October 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Since the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) specified 5G New Radio (NR) sidelink in Release 16, researchers have been expressing increasing interest in sidelink in various research areas, such as Proximity Services (ProSe) and Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X). It is essential to provide researchers with a comprehensive simulation platform that allows for extensive NR sidelink link-level evaluations. In this paper, we introduce the first publicly accessible 5G NR link-level simulator that supports sidelink. Our MATLAB-based simulator complies with the 3GPP 5G NR sidelink standards, and offers flexible control over various Physical Layer (PHY) configurations. It will facilitate researcher's exploration in NR sidelink with a friendly access to the key network parameters and great potential of customized simulations on algorithm developments and performance evaluations. This paper also provides several initial link-level simulation results on sidelink using the developed simulator.

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Gamboa SHenderson TGarey WLiu CRouil R(2024)Towards System Level Simulations of Public Safety Applications over 5G NR Sidelink2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WFPST)10.1109/WFPST58552.2024.00043(1-6)Online publication date: 14-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/WFPST58552.2024.00043
Wang DMohite PZhou QQiu ASchotten H(2023)Evaluating the Impact of Numerology and Retransmission on 5G NR V2X Communication at A System-Level Simulation2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453216(59-65)Online publication date: 6-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453216
Liu PShen CLiu CCintrón FZhang LCao LRouil RRoy S(2023)Towards 5G new radio sidelink communicationsComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2023.06.005208:C(231-243)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comcom.2023.06.005

Index Terms

5G New Radio Sidelink Link-Level Simulator and Performance Analysis
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Modeling and simulation
    1. Simulation evaluation
    2. Simulation support systems

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MSWiM '22: Proceedings of the 25th International ACM Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems

October 2022

243 pages

ISBN:9781450394826

DOI:10.1145/3551659

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Gamboa SHenderson TGarey WLiu CRouil R(2024)Towards System Level Simulations of Public Safety Applications over 5G NR Sidelink2024 IEEE World Forum on Public Safety Technology (WFPST)10.1109/WFPST58552.2024.00043(1-6)Online publication date: 14-May-2024
https://doi.org/10.1109/WFPST58552.2024.00043
Wang DMohite PZhou QQiu ASchotten H(2023)Evaluating the Impact of Numerology and Retransmission on 5G NR V2X Communication at A System-Level Simulation2023 IEEE Conference on Standards for Communications and Networking (CSCN)10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453216(59-65)Online publication date: 6-Nov-2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/CSCN60443.2023.10453216
Liu PShen CLiu CCintrón FZhang LCao LRouil RRoy S(2023)Towards 5G new radio sidelink communicationsComputer Communications10.1016/j.comcom.2023.06.005208:C(231-243)Online publication date: 1-Aug-2023
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.comcom.2023.06.005

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