Many network applications, eg, industrial control, demand ultra-low latency (ULL). However,
traditional packet networks can only reduce the end-to-end latencies to the order of tens of …

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 sixth generation of mobile communication (6G) systems is recently rising a lot of interest,
introducing new futuristic and challenging use cases that will demand much more than just …

The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

Remarkable research activities and major advances have been occurred over the past
decade in multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems. Several …

Multitenant cellular network slicing has been gaining huge interest recently. However, it is
not well-explored under the heterogeneous cloud radio access network (H-CRAN) …

In this paper, network function virtualization (NFV) is identified as a promising key
technology, which can contribute to energy-efficiency improvement in 5G networks. An …

Due to the growing impact of the information and communications technology (ICT) sector
on electricity usage and greenhouse gas emissions, telecommunication networks require …

Enabling the transport of fronthaul traffic in next-generation cellular networks [fifth-
generation (5G)] following the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) architecture requires a …

We experimentally demonstrate a multiband intermediate frequency-over-fiber/mmWave
(IFoF/mmWave) fiber/wireless mobile fronthaul link for gigabit capacity over the unlicensed V …