Toward 6G optical fronthaul: A survey on enabling technologies and research perspectives

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The anticipated launch of the Sixth Generation (6G) of mobile technology by 2030 will mark
a significant milestone in the evolution of wireless communication, ushering in a new era …

Small cells in the forthcoming 5G/IoT: Traffic modelling and deployment overview

F Al-Turjman, E Ever… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper provides an overview of the use of small cells (eg, femtocells) in the Internet of
Things (IoT) environments. As a result of rapid increase in the number of mobile connected …

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 …

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 …

Total cost of ownership of digital vs. analog radio-over-fiber architectures for 5G fronthauling

A Udalcovs, M Levantesi, P Urban, DAA Mello… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article analyzes the total cost of ownership (TCO) of 5G fronthauling solutions based on
analog and digital radio-over-fiber (RoF) architectures in cloud radio access networks (C …

Technoeconomic assessment of an FTTH network investment in the Greek telecommunications market

A Skoufis, G Chatzithanasis, G Dede… - Telecommunication …, 2023 - Springer
Recent years have seen an increasing need for higher broadband connections, fueled by
novel applications including fifth generation wireless networks (5G). The European …

A Cost Assessment Methodology for User-Centric Distributed Massive MIMO Architectures

ALP Fernandes, DD Souza, C Natalino… - IEEE Open Journal …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
User-centric (UC) distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output (D-mMIMO), also known
as cell-free mMIMO, is a pivotal technology for enabling future mobile communication …

Cell-free massive MIMO deployments: Fronthaul topology options and techno-economic aspects

L Furtado, A Fernandes, A Ohashi… - 2022 16th European …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) networks are an alternative to
achieve a higher a more uniform signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) over a mobile …

[หนังสือ][B] Optical and wireless convergence for 5G networks

AM Abdalla, J Rodriguez, I Elfergani, A Teixeira - 2019 - books.google.com
The mobile market has experienced unprecedented growth over the last few decades.
Consumer trends have shifted towards mobile internet services supported by 3G and 4G …