Public Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) aim at enhancing daily travelling experience
by providing safety, traffic efficiency and infotainment services. These services demand …

The upcoming Connected and cooperative and automated mobility paradigm (CCAM)
requires the deployment of road-side units (RSUs) beside the roads to provide wireless …

This work presents a case study for the network planning of a 5G backhaul in a dense urban
area. The study is fed by estimated population density data and real geographical layout …

Centralized radio access network (C-RAN) has been considered as an architectural solution
able to reduce capital and operational expenditure in dense 5G cellular networks while …

In this paper, we describe the integration of Software Defined Networking (SDN) in the
mobile backhaul as a disruptive approach to streamline the transport network. In this work …

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) include a broad variety of means of transportation
and a broad variety of usage scenarios and user preferences and interests. To avoid a …

In this paper we propose a novel planning tool for Next Generation Optical Access (NGOA)
networks, based on real street maps. A Geographical Information System-based tool was …

Featured Application The suggested optimization framework may lead to a significant
improvement of the 5G urban backhauling network. The suggested technology can simplify …

The tight connection between advanced mobile techniques and optical networking has
already been made by emerging cloud radio access network architectures, wherein fiber …

Rural areas are the last regions aiming at getting access to broadband services due to the
high investments and limited revenues. However, new architectures such as Hybrid Passive …