Cloud computing draws significant attention in the information technology (IT) community as
it provides ubiquitous on-demand access to a shared pool of configurable computing …

This paper presents an overview of the cloud radio access network (C-RAN), which is a key
enabler for future mobile networks in order to meet the explosive capacity demand of mobile …

Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) aims to improve spectrum and energy efficiency of
wireless networks by migrating conventional distributed base station functionalities into a …

Cloud radio access networks promise considerable benefits compared to decentralized
network architectures, but they also put challenging requirements on the fronthaul and …

With the foreseeable explosive growth of small cell deployment, backhaul has become the
next big challenge in the next generation wireless networks. Heterogeneous backhaul …

The world of telecommunication is witnessing a swift metamorphosis towards fifth generation
cellular networks. Particularly, the rapid shift from a user centric to a device centric …

This paper studies the performance of dual-hop multiuser relay systems over mixed free-
space optical/radio frequency (FSO/RF) links. We consider a system where a source node …

Heterogeneous cloud radio access network (H-CRAN) promises higher energy efficiency
(EE) than the conventional cellular networks by centralizing the baseband signal processing …

As an advanced paradigm, the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) promises high spectral
efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE). However, the capacity-constrained front-haul has …

Centralized RAN processing has been identified as one of the major enablers for 5G mobile
network access. By moving the baseband units (BBU) to the Cloud, multiple instances can …