The Open Radio Access Network (RAN) and its embodiment through the O-RAN Alliance
specifications are poised to revolutionize the telecom ecosystem. O-RAN promotes …

Many network applications, eg, industrial control, demand ultra-low latency (ULL). However,
traditional packet networks can only reduce the end-to-end latencies to the order of tens of …

Pacing the way toward 5G has lead researchers and industry in the direction of centralized
processing known from Cloud-Radio Access Networks (C-RAN). In C-RAN research, a …

The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

Fifth-generation networks efficiently support and fulfill the demands of mobile broadband
and communication services. There has been a continuing advancement from 4G to 5G …

Abstract Self-Organizing Network (SON) stands for a key concept characterizing the
behavior of the future mobile networks. The evolution of telecom infrastructures towards 5G …

For many, this is no longer a valid question and the case is considered settled with software
defined networking/network function virtualization (SDN/NFV) providing the inevitable …

For decades, wireless communication networks have applied the digital interface like the
common public radio interface (CPRI) between remote sites and base stations for data …

Enabling the transport of fronthaul traffic in next-generation cellular networks [fifth-
generation (5G)] following the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) architecture requires a …

The fifth-generation of mobile networks (5G) claims for a radio access network (RAN) update
in order to support the enormous incoming wireless data traffic. In this context, we …