González Díaz, SergioGarcía Saavedra, AndrésOliva Delgado, Antonio de laCosta-Pérez, XavierGazda, RobertMourad, AlainDeiss, ThomasMangues-Bafalluy, JosepIovanna, PaolaStracca, StefanoLeithead, Phillip2019-11-132019-11-132019González-Diaz, S., García-Saavedra, A., Oliva, A. de la, Costa- Pérez, X., Gazda, R., Mourad, A., Deiss, T., ... Leithead, P. (2019). Integrating Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks: Transport Challenges and Feasibility Results. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing1536-1233http://hdl.handle.net/10016/29161In Press / En PrensaIn 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.17eng© 2019 IEEE.5G-crosshaulFronthaulBackhaul5GC-RANresearch articleTelecomunicacioneshttps://doi.org/10.1109/TMC.2019.2948641open accessIEEE Transactions on Mobile ComputingAR/0000024027