Performance analysis of spatially distributed LTE-U/NR-U and Wi-Fi networks: An analytical model for coexistence study

To access an unlicensed channel, Wi-Fi follows the Listen Before Talk (LBT) mechanism, whereas LTE-U (and future New Radio in Unlicensed (NR-U) Patriciello et al., 2020; Lagen et al., 2019) adopts the ON–OFF duty-cycled mechanism to fairly share the channel with Wi-Fi. These different mechanisms result in quite different performance for Wi-Fi and LTE-U/NR-U based on their relative deployment and density in the environment. In this work, we...