Slice Scheduling with QoS-Guarantee Towards 5G

Abstract

Future mobile networks are supposed to handle a variety of services with different requirements. Network slicing is considered to be a key enabler to cope with the increasing complexity of these networks. This includes slicing of the radio resources in order to use them efficiently. In this paper, we propose a radio resource slicing system for three types of slices with specific radio resource/quality of service (QoS) requirements. It enables co-existence of (1) rate-based/efficiency-oriented and (2) low-latency slices, as well as (3) slices with fixed allocations. Slice scheduling is based on utility functions with a priority-based resource allocation. Using simulations, we validate the applicability of the proposed system, and demonstrate that both a guaranteed throughput and low delay for different slices at the same time is possible. Our system outperforms existing slicing solutions in terms of delay requirement satisfaction and efficient resource utilization.