# Performance Evaluation of Optimal Radio Access Technology Selection Algorithms for LTE-WiFi Network

## TL;DR

This paper proposes optimal algorithms for radio access technology selection in LTE-WiFi HetNets to maximize throughput and minimize voice user blocking, validated through simulations.

## Contribution

It introduces threshold-based optimal policies and algorithms for user association and offloading in LTE-WiFi HetNets, enhancing system throughput and reducing blocking.

## Key findings

- Algorithms improve total system throughput
- Reduced voice user blocking probability
- Outperforms benchmark algorithms in simulations

## Abstract

A Heterogeneous Network (HetNet) comprises of multiple Radio Access Technologies (RATs) allowing a user to associate with a specific RAT and steer to other RATs in a seamless manner. To cope up with the unprecedented growth of data traffic, mobile data can be offloaded to Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) in a Long Term Evolution (LTE) based HetNet. In this paper, an optimal RAT selection problem is considered to maximize the total system throughput in an LTE-WiFi system with offload capability. Another formulation is also developed where maximizing the total system throughput is subject to a constraint on the voice user blocking probability. It is proved that the optimal policies for the association and offloading of voice/data users contain threshold structures. Based on the threshold structures, we propose algorithms for the association and offloading of users in LTE-WiFi HetNet. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the voice user blocking probability and the total system throughput performance of the proposed algorithms in comparison to another benchmark algorithm.