PRADA: Prioritized Random Access With Dynamic Access Barring for MTC in 3GPP LTE-A Networks

Abstract

Due to the huge amount of machine-type communications (MTC) devices, radio access network (RAN) overload is a critical issue in cellular-based MTC. The prioritized random access with dynamic access barring (PRADA) framework was proposed to efficiently tackle the RAN overload problem and provide quality of service (QoS) for different classes of MTC devices in Third-Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) Long-Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-A) networks. The RAN overload issue is solved by preallocating random access channel (RACH) resources for different MTC classes with class-dependent back-off procedures and preventing a large number of simultaneous random access requests using dynamic access barring. In this paper, the performances of LTE-A without access barring, extended access barring (EAB), and PRADA are mathematically derived and compared, showing the superior performance of the PRADA scheme.