Citation:
Civerchia, F., Kondepue, L., Giannone, F., Doddikrinda, S., Castoldi, P. y Valcarenghi, L. (2018). Encapsulation Techniques and Traffic Characterisation of an Ethernetbased 5G Fronthaul. In: 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), pp. 1-5.
This paper first overviews how, in the 5G Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN), the Next
generation NodeB (gNB) functions are split into Distributed Unit (DU) and Central Unit (CU). Then it describes
the proposed fronthaul transport solutions, such This paper first overviews how, in the 5G Next Generation Radio Access Network (NG-RAN), the Next
generation NodeB (gNB) functions are split into Distributed Unit (DU) and Central Unit (CU). Then it describes
the proposed fronthaul transport solutions, such as Common Packet Radio Interface (CPRI), eCPRI, IEEE
P1914.3 and their relationship with the Ethernet protocol. Finally, a characterisation of the traffic generated by
the fronthaul is presented. Such characterisation may guide in the selection of the right network for fronthaul
transport.[+][-]