Performance Analysis and Comparison of Full-Fledged 5G Standalone Experimental TDD Testbeds in Single & Multi-UE Scenarios
Maryam Amini, Catherine Rosenberg

TL;DR
This study systematically analyzes the performance of 30 open-source 5G standalone TDD testbeds, examining how hardware, software, user configurations, and locations affect bit rate, latency, and coverage.
Contribution
It introduces a detailed nomenclature for 5G testbeds and provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of their performance across various configurations.
Findings
Performance varies significantly with hardware and software combinations.
Number and type of UEs impact latency and throughput.
Coverage and resource allocation influence overall testbed performance.
Abstract
Open-source software and Commercial Off-The-Shelf hardware are finally paving their way into the 5G world, resulting in a proliferation of experimental 5G testbeds. Surprisingly, very few studies have been published on the comparative analysis of testbeds with different hardware and software elements. In this paper, we first introduce a precise nomenclature to characterize a 5G-standalone single-cell testbed based on its constituent elements and main configuration parameters. We then build 30 distinct such testbeds and systematically analyze their performance with an emphasis on element interoperability (by considering different combinations of hardware and software elements from different sources), the number and type of User Equipment (UE) as well as the Radio Access Network hardware and software elements to address the following questions: 1) How is the performance (in terms of bit…
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Taxonomy
TopicsVibration and Dynamic Analysis · Microwave Engineering and Waveguides
