As a promising paradigm for fifth generation wireless communication systems, cloud radio
access networks (C-RANs) have been shown to reduce both capital and operating …

As a promising paradigm to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, the cloud radio
access network (C-RAN) has been shown to provide high spectral efficiency and energy …

Compared with fourth generation cellular systems, fifth generation wireless communication
systems are anticipated to provide spectral and energy efficiency growth by a factor of at …

Base station densification is increasingly used by network operators to provide better
throughput and coverage performance to mobile subscribers in dense data traffic areas …

Cloud radio access networks promise considerable benefits compared to decentralized
network architectures, but they also put challenging requirements on the fronthaul and …

Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) refers to the visualization of base station functionalities
by means of cloud computing. This results in a novel cellular architecture in which low-cost …

This unique text will enable readers to understand the fundamental theory, current
techniques, and potential applications of Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs). Leading …

To mitigate the severe inter-tier interference and enhance the limited cooperative gains
resulting from the constrained and non-ideal transmissions between adjacent base stations …

Cloud-based radio access networks (C-RAN) have been proposed as a cost-efficient way of
deploying small cells. Unlike conventional RANs, a C-RAN decouples the baseband …

Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture which can
address a number of challenges the operators face while trying to support growing end …