Cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) is regarded as a promising solution to manage
heterogeneity and scalability of future wireless networks. The centralized cooperative …

Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) as a promising and cost-efficient cellular architecture
has been proposed to meet the increasing demand of wireless data traffic. The main concept …

Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) has emerged as a promising solution to support
exponentially increasing demand in data rate. The attractive capacity enhancement mainly …

In this paper, a multi-objective resource allocation algorithm in a novel density-aware design
of virtualized software-defined cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is proposed. We …

By leveraging the elasticity of cloud computing, cloud radio access network (C-RAN)
facilitates flexible resource management and is one of the key techniques of enabling 5G. In …

Abstract The Radio Access Network (RAN) is the most important part of a cellular wireless
network. However, current cellular architectures have several disadvantages: they are not …

Responding to the unprecedented challenges imposed by the 5G communications
ecosystem, emerging heterogeneous network architectures allow for improved integration …

5G radio access networks are expected to leverage the Cloud environment for building a
cost effective network infrastructure. Advanced mechanisms with functional split are …

Heterogeneous cloud radio access networks (H-CRAN) is a new trend of SC that aims to
leverage the heterogeneous and cloud radio access networks advantages. Low power …

With the increasing demand of spectrum and emergence of mobile devices, a cloud radio
access network (C-RAN) is a promising technology to improve network capacity and …