Understanding O-RAN: Architecture, interfaces, algorithms, security, and research challenges

M Polese, L Bonati, S D'oro, S Basagni… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

6G wireless communications networks: A comprehensive survey

M Alsabah, MA Naser, BM Mahmmod… - Ieee …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The commercial fifth-generation (5G) wireless communications networks have already been
deployed with the aim of providing high data rates. However, the rapid growth in the number …

Scalable cell-free massive MIMO systems

E Björnson, L Sanguinetti - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Imagine a coverage area with many wireless access points that cooperate to jointly serve
the users, instead of creating autonomous cells. Such a cell-free network operation can …

Toward edge intelligence: Multiaccess edge computing for 5G and Internet of Things

Y Liu, M Peng, G Shou, Y Chen… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To satisfy the increasing demand of mobile data traffic and meet the stringent requirements
of the emerging Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications such as smart city, healthcare, and …

A survey of the functional splits proposed for 5G mobile crosshaul networks

LMP Larsen, A Checko… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

QoE management of multimedia streaming services in future networks: A tutorial and survey

AA Barakabitze, N Barman, A Ahmad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The highly demanding Over-The-Top (OTT) multimedia applications pose increased
challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for assuring a reasonable Quality of …

Recent advances in cloud radio access networks: System architectures, key techniques, and open issues

M Peng, Y Sun, X Li, Z Mao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

FlexRAN: A flexible and programmable platform for software-defined radio access networks

X Foukas, N Nikaein, MM Kassem, MK Marina… - Proceedings of the 12th …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
Although the radio access network (RAN) part of mobile networks offers a significant
opportunity for benefiting from the use of SDN ideas, this opportunity is largely untapped due …

System architecture and key technologies for 5G heterogeneous cloud radio access networks

M Peng, Y Li, Z Zhao, C Wang - IEEE network, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Energy-efficient 5G for a greener future

S Han, S Bian - Nature Electronics, 2020 - nature.com
The power consumption and carbon emissions of wireless communication networks are
expected to substantially increase in the 5G era. The communications industry must …