Centralized processing is expected to bring about substantial benefits for wireless networks
both on the technical side and on the economic side. While this concept is considered an …

Next Generation Mobile Fronthaul Architectures Page 1 M2J.7.pdf OFC 2015 © OSA 2015 Next
Generation Mobile Fronthaul Architectures Thomas Pfeiffer Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs, Stuttgart …

The trend in broadband access services is shifting from the fixed to the mobile. Accordingly,
the role of the optical access network systems is changing from the fiber-to-the-home/fiber-to …

This paper provides a review of the new fronthaul network segment that appears in
centralized radio access network (C-RAN) architecture. C-RAN drivers are presented under …

Mobile Backhauling provides an interface between radio controller and base stations, mostly
realized with a physical medium such as optical fibers or microwave radio links. With the …

Fixed optical transport is the predominant fronthaul technology for 4G mobile access
networks, carrying the traffic between the central office and subtended antenna sites. With …

With the advancement of radio access networks, more and more mobile data content needs
to be transported by optical networks. Mobile fronthaul is an important network segment that …

The fifth generation (5G) wireless technology is designed to provide significantly faster
Internet access, with lower latency, and ubiquitous mobile coverage compared to its …

Optical fiber is the required technology for radio access network (RAN) backhaul and
fronthaul. We report on the evolution of RAN equipment, including the advent of …

The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …