Critical Communications

Romain Favraud, ... Thanasis Korakis, in Wireless Public Safety

Networks 2, 2016
4.7 Discussion
Some research papers provide insight into full solutions when no backhaul is available,
providing inter-eNB connectivity because of WiFi links and including D2D
communications that were not yet defined by the ProSe specifications of 3GPP
studies [GOM 14]. Other technologies are usually used to establish wireless
backhaul supporting fixed LTE networks: PTP RF or free space optics links and PTMP
RF links. In the case of portable BS, satellite backhaul links are sometimes used.
However, it can be easily seen that these wireless solutions are not adequate for the
establishment of a network of BS enabling voice and data communications in moving
cell scenarios.
For instance, Table 4.4 shows the main differentiating criteria. Despite great
performance, PTP and PTMP solutions often require line-of-sight wireless connectivity
with careful network planning, which make them inapplicable to the moving cell
scenarios. Satellite backhauling, on the other hand, provides the best possible coverage
but needs dedicated tracking antennas and suffers from high cost. More importantly, it
has high latency (≥200 ms)