Quantitative Comparison of the Efficiency and Scalability of the Current and Future LTE Network Architectures

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<div>UE attachment and handover procedures messages.</div>

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

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Figure 4: Quantitative Comparison of the Efficiency and Scalability of the Current and Future LTE Network Architectures 