Pacing the way toward 5G has lead researchers and industry in the direction of centralized
processing known from Cloud-Radio Access Networks (C-RAN). In C-RAN research, a …

The open radio access network (RAN) aims to bring openness and intelligence to the
traditional closed and proprietary RAN technology and offer flexibility, performance …

Driven by the emerging trend for transparent, open and programmable communications,
Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) constitutes the dominant architectural approach for …

Sixth generation (6G) wireless technology, which is the next giant leap in the evolution of
wireless communication, has been gaining great interest from academia, industry, and the …

The fifth-generation mobile evolution introduces Next-Generation Radio Access Networks
(NG-RAN), splitting the RAN protocol stack into the eight disaggregated options combined …

There has been a growing interconnection across the world owing to various multimedia
applications and services. Fixed wireless access (FWA) is an attractive wireless solution for …

The 5G radio access network (RAN) features a partially centralized architecture, in which a
subset of the network functions are deployed in a centralized unit. Centralizing these …

Network virtualization is a key enabler for 5G systems to support the expected use cases of
vertical markets. In this context, we study the joint optimal deployment of Virtual Network …

The recent adoption of virtualized technologies in Next Generation Radio Access Network
(NG-RAN) has driven a significant impact on energy consumption by subsequently …

The network slicing concept has gained much attention with the development of software-
defined network and network function virtualization technologies, enabling logically isolated …