Closer to Cloud-RAN: RAN as a Service

N Nikaein, R Knopp, L Gauthier, E Schiller… - Proceedings of the 21st …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Commoditization and virtualization of wireless networks are changing the economics of
mobile networks to help network providers (eg, MNO, MVNO) move from proprietary and …

Towards a cloud-native radio access network

N Nikaein, E Schiller, R Favraud, R Knopp… - … and big data in the 5G …, 2017 - Springer
Commoditization and virtualization of wireless networks are changing the economics of
mobile networks to help network providers, eg Mobile Network Operator (MNO), Mobile …

Processing radio access network functions in the cloud: Critical issues and modeling

N Nikaein - Proceedings of the 6th international workshop on …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
Commoditization and virtualization of wireless networks are changing the economics of
mobile networks to help network providers (eg, MNO, MVNO) move from proprietary and …

[PDF][PDF] OpenAirInterface: Open-source software radio solution for 5G

F Kaltenberger, R Knopp, N Nikaein… - … on Networks and …, 2015 - eurecom.fr
LTE 4G cellular networks are gradually being adopted by all major operators in the world
and are expected to rule the cellular landscape at least for the current decade. They will also …

Open-source RANs in practice: an over-the-air deployment for 5G MEC

J Haavisto, M Arif, L Lovén… - … on networks and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge computing that leverages cloud resources to the proximity of user devices is seen as
the future infrastructure for distributed applications. However, developing and deploying …

OpenAirInterface: an open LTE network in a PC

N Nikaein, R Knopp, F Kaltenberger… - Proceedings of the 20th …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
LTE 4G cellular networks are gradually being adopted by all major operators in the world
and are expected to rule the cellular landscape at least for the current decade. They will also …

Cloud RAN challenges and solutions

R Agrawal, A Bedekar, T Kolding, V Ram - Annals of Telecommunications, 2017 - Springer
In this paper, we take an overall look at key technical challenges in the evolution of the radio
access network (RAN) architecture towards Cloud RAN and solutions to overcome them. To …

Benefits and challenges of virtualization in 5G radio access networks

P Rost, I Berberana, A Maeder, H Paul… - IEEE …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future 5G deployments will embrace a multitude of novel technologies that will significantly
change the air interface, system architecture, and service delivery platforms. However …

Characterizing the computational and memory requirements of virtual RANs

S Pramanik, A Ksentini… - 2022 17th Wireless On …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The virtualization of radio access networks (RANs) is emerging as a key component of future
wireless systems, as it brings agility to the RAN architecture and offers degrees of design …

AIRTIME: End-to-end virtualization layer for RAN-as-a-Service in future multi-service mobile networks

M Kist, JF Santos, D Collins, J Rochol… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Future mobile networks are envisioned to become multi-service systems, enabling the
dynamic deployment of services with vastly different performance requirements …