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 …

Existing radio access networks (RANs) allow only for very limited sharing of the
communication and computation resources among wireless operators and heterogeneous …

Future 5G services are characterised by unprecedented need for high rate, ubiquitous
availability, ultralow latency, and high reliability. The fragmented network view that is …

Network slicing (NS) presents the key enabler of cellular network improvements. It allows
enhancing the performance of diverse requirements supported for verticals industries. The …

The expansion of the service scope of cellular networks to include a wide variety of services
such as mobile broadband, Internet of Things, and mission-critical machine-type …

X-Haul aims to provide a unified transport network for integrating mobile fronthaul/midhaul/
backhaul. Its architecture is inherited from the IP-over-WDM paradigm, in which the upper …

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is a promising solution for achieving high data
rates and low latency in future wireless networks. 5G systems are expected to fulfill these …

With the emergence of small cell networks and fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the
backhaul becomes increasingly complex. This study addresses the problem of how a central …

In this paper, we propose a network planning and provisioning framework that optimizes
deployment cost in C-RAN based 5G networks. Our framework is based on a Mixed Integer …

We experimentally assess a flexible SOA-based multiband (MB-OADM) node in the Metro-
Access Network for supporting beyond 5G mobile communication Xhaul. Three use cases …