Since wireless network virtualization enables abstraction and sharing of infrastructure and
radio spectrum resources, the overall expenses of wireless network deployment and …

The requirements and key areas for 5G are gradually becoming more apparent, and it is
becoming clear that 5G will need to be able to deal with increased levels of diversity in both …

Diverse proprietary network appliances increase both the capital and operational expense
of service providers, meanwhile causing problems of network ossification. Network function …

New architectural and design approaches for radio access networks have appeared with the
introduction of network virtualization in the wireless domain. One of these approaches splits …

Existing cellular networks suffer from inflexible and expensive equipment, complex control-
plane protocols, and vendor-specific configuration interfaces. In this position paper, we …

With the proliferation of mobile demands and increasingly multifarious services and
applications, mobile Internet has been an irreversible trend. Unfortunately, the current …

This article presents a survey of cellular network sharing, which is a key building block for
virtualizing future mobile carrier networks in order to address the explosive capacity demand …

This paper describes the design and implementation of a network virtualization substrate
(NVS) for effective virtualization of wireless resources in cellular networks. Virtualization …

The field of wireless and mobile communication has a remarkable history that spans over a
century of technology innovations from Marconi's first transatlantic transmission in 1899 to …

The successful virtualization of wireless access networks is strongly affected by the way in
which radio resources are managed. The Infrastructure Provider (InP) is required to deploy …