Energy-efficient DU-CU deployment and lightpath provisioning for service-oriented 5G metro access/aggregation networks

Y Xiao, J Zhang, Y Ji - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2021 - opg.optica.org
To accommodate ever-growing mobile data and heterogeneous 5G services, considerable
challenges have emerged to stimulate new design principles on radio access networks …

DU/CU placement for C-RAN over optical metro-aggregation networks

H Yu, F Musumeci, J Zhang, Y Xiao… - Optical Network Design …, 2020 - Springer
To meet emerging mobile traffic requirements, Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN)
has been proposed to split the base station (BS) into two functional entities: the baseband …

Orchestrating lightpath recovery and flexible functional split to preserve virtualized RAN connectivity

K Kondepu, A Sgambelluri, N Sambo… - Journal of Optical …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
In the next-generation radio access network (NG RAN), the next-generation evolved NodeBs
(gNBs) will be, likely, split into virtualized central units (CUs) and distributed units (DUs) …

Latency-aware CU placement/handover in dynamic WDM access-aggregation networks

F Musumeci, O Ayoub, M Magoni… - Journal of Optical …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Centralized radio access networks (C-RANs) have recently been proposed to cope with the
unprecedented requirements of future 5G services, in terms of network capacity, latency …

Can fine-grained functional split benefit to the converged optical-wireless access networks in 5G and beyond?

Y Xiao, J Zhang, Y Ji - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The centralized radio access network (C-RAN) is an effective architecture to promote
CAPEX/OPEX reduction and cell cooperation derived from its centralized baseband …

Optical transport network design for 5G fixed wireless access

C Ranaweera, P Monti, B Skubic, E Wong… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
The fifth generation (5G) of mobile technology, 5G is anticipated to be a significant leap in
the evolution of mobile communication. 5G will be designed to attain 1000 times higher data …

Service-oriented DU-CU placement using reinforcement learning in 5G/B5G converged wireless-optical networks

Y Xiao, J Zhang, Z Gao, Y Ji - 2020 Optical Fiber …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service-Oriented DU-CU Placement using Reinforcement Learning in 5G/B5G Converged
Wireless-Optical Networks Page 1 Service-oriented DU-CU Placement Using Reinforcement …

Optimal BBU placement for 5G C-RAN deployment over WDM aggregation networks

F Musumeci, C Bellanzon, N Carapellese… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2016 - opg.optica.org
5G mobile access targets unprecedented performance, not only in terms of higher data rates
per user and lower latency, but also in terms of network intelligence and capillarity. To …

Edge-enhanced graph neural network for DU-CU placement and lightpath provision in X-Haul networks

R Wang, J Zhang, Z Gu, S Yan, Y Xiao… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The emerging mobile services have imposed several new challenges on the radio access
network (RAN), which stimulates its evolution from cloud-RAN to next-generation RAN (NG …

Real-time orchestration of QoS-aware end-to-end slices across a converged Metro and Access network exploiting burst-mode technology

E Kosmatos, C Matrakidis, D Uzunidis… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As we enter the B5G/6G era, the converged Access and Metro segments are facing multi-
faceted challenges including the heterogeneity of technologies, an unprecedented density …