RT Journal Article
T1 An overview of the CPRI specification and its application to C-RAN-based LTE scenarios
A1 Oliva Delgado, Antonio de la
A1 Hernández Gutiérrez, José Alberto
A1 Larrabeiti López, David
A1 Azcorra Saloña, Arturo
AB The CPRI specification has been introduced to enable the communication between radio equipment and radio equipment controllers, and is of particular interest for mobile operators willing to deploy their networks following the novel cloud radio access network approach. In such a case, CPRI provides an interface for the interconnection of remote radio heads with a baseband unit by means of the so-called fronthaul network. This article presents the CPRI specification, its concept, design, and interfaces, provides a use case for fronthaul dimensioning in a realistic LTE scenario, and proposes some interesting open research challenges in the next-generation 5G mobile network.
PB IEEE
SN 0163-6804
YR 2016
FD 2016-02-11
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/24631
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/24631
LA eng
NO The authors would like to acknowledge the support of projects CRAMnet (grant no. TEC2012-38362-C03-01) and EU H2020 5G-Crosshaul Project (grant no. 671598) to the development of this work.
NO European Commission
DS e-Archivo
RD 5 jul. 2024