RT Journal Article
T1 Integrating Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks: Transport Challenges and Feasibility Results
A1 González Díaz, Sergio
A1 García Saavedra, Andrés
A1 Oliva Delgado, Antonio de la
A1 Costa-Pérez, Xavier
A1 Gazda, Robert
A1 Mourad, Alain
A1 Deiss, Thomas
A1 Mangues-Bafalluy, Josep
A1 Iovanna, Paola
A1 Stracca, Stefano
A1 Leithead, Phillip
AB In addition to CPRI, new functional splits have been defined in 5G creating diverse fronthaul transport bandwidth and latency requirements. These fronthaul requirements shall be fulfilled simultaneously together with the backhaul requirements by an integrated fronthaul and backhaul transport solution. In this paper, we analyze the technical challenges to achieve an integrated transport solution in 5G and propose specific solutions to address these challenges. These solutions have been implemented and verified with commercially available equipment. Our results confirm that an integrated fronthaul and backhaul transport dubbed Crosshaul can meet all the requirements of 5G fronthaul and backhaul in a cost-efficient manner.
PB IEEE
SN 1536-1233
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29161
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29161
LA eng
NO In Press / En Prensa
NO Special thanks to the 5G-Crosshaul and 5G-TRANSFORMER team, in particular to Jaime Jose Garcia Reinoso, Chenguang Lu, Daniel Cederholm and Jakub Kocur who helped during the experimentation. This work has been partially funded by the EU H2020 project "5G-TRANSFORMER: 5G Mobile Transport Platform for Verticals" (grant no. 761536).
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