RT Journal Article
T1 Cloud technologies for flexible 5G radio access networks
A1 Rost, Peter
A1 Bernardos Cano, Carlos Jesús
A1 De Domenico, Antonio
A1 Di Girolamo, Marco
A1 Lalam, Massinissa
A1 Maeder, Andreas
A1 Sabella, Dario
A1 Wuebben, Dirk
AB The evolution toward 5G mobile networks will be characterized by an increasing number of wireless devices, increasing device and service complexity, and the requirement to access mobile services ubiquitously. Two key enablers will allow the realization of the vision of 5G: very dense deployments and centralized processing. This article discusses the challenges and requirements in the design of 5G mobile networks based on these two key enablers. It discusses how cloud technologies and flexible functionality assignment in radio access networks enable network densification and centralized operation of the radio access network over heterogeneous backhaul networks. The article describes the fundamental concepts, shows how to evolve the 3GPP LTE architecture, and outlines the expected benefits.
PB IEEE
SN 0163-6804
YR 2014
FD 2014-05-01
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35916
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10016/35916
LA eng
NO The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme FP7/2007-2013 under grant agreement no. 317941-project iJOIN, http://www.ict-ijoin.eu.
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