From 5G to beyond: Passive optical network and multi-access edge computing integration for latency-sensitive applications

I Dias, L Ruan, C Ranaweera, E Wong - Optical Fiber Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
A recent paradigm shift in support of 5G-and-beyond (5GB), Human-to-Machine/Robot
(H2M/R), and the Tactile Internet has resulted in a surge of latency-sensitive applications …

4G to 6G: disruptions and drivers for optical access

C Ranaweera, J Kua, I Dias, E Wong, C Lim… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The exponential growth of diverse smart mobile applications such as smart monitoring,
holograms, and autonomous vehicles are driving mobile technologies toward a more …

5G/6G optical fronthaul modeling: cost and energy consumption assessment

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In fifth generatin (5G) and the future beyond 5G (6G) radio access networks (RANs), the cost
of fronthaul deployment is a main challenge for mobile network operators. Depending on …

A low cost PON-FSO based fronthaul solution for 5G CRAN architecture

SS Jaffer, A Hussain, MA Qureshi, J Mirza… - Optical Fiber …, 2021 - Elsevier
The continuous growth in mobile network traffic driven by the extensive range of new user
applications, for instance, interactive e-learning, social networking sites, remote medical …

Cost-optimal deployment of a C-RAN with hybrid fiber/FSO fronthaul

F Tonini, C Raffaelli, L Wosinska… - Journal of Optical …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Centralized radio access network (C-RAN) has been considered as an architectural solution
able to reduce capital and operational expenditure in dense 5G cellular networks while …

Energy efficient backhauling for 5G small cell networks

MM Mowla, I Ahmad, D Habibi… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While the concept of ultra-dense small cell networks (SCNs) has brought a number of
significant opportunities for the telecommunication industry, it has also introduced a major …

A bidirectional WDM-PON free space optical (FSO) system for fronthaul 5 G C-RAN networks

F El-Nahal, T Xu, D AlQahtani… - IEEE Photonics …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
High-speed cellular technologies require low-latency and high-capacity optical networks.
The Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture offers a cost-effective solution …

Design and optimization of fiber optic small-cell backhaul based on an existing fiber-to-the-node residential access network

C Ranaweera, MGC Resende… - IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the number of wireless users and per-user bandwidth demands continue to increase,
both the vendor and carrier communities agree that wireless networks must evolve toward …

Low-latency oriented network planning for MEC-enabled WDM-PON based fiber-wireless access networks

X Wang, Y Ji, J Zhang, L Bai, M Zhang - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
WDM-PON-based mobile edge computing (MEC)-enabled fiber wireless access networks
(MFWAN) have been identified as a promising technology for next-generation broadband …

Reconfigurable optical crosshaul architecture for 6G radio access networks

Y Tao, C Ranaweera, S Edirisinghe, C Lim… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The radio access network (RAN) architecture is undergoing a significant evolution to support
the next-generation mobile networks and their emerging applications. To realize scalable …