5G networks will have several advanced features. Starting from the physical layer to all the
way to the upper layers, there will be several new technologies and techniques. 5G will have …

Mobile communications have grown exponentially these last few years leading to an
increasing demand. Software-Defined Networking appears to be a promising technology in …

New software-defined open network concepts are proposed in this paper to enable an
efficient implementation of front-and backhaul solutions for future 5G mobile networks. Main …

Optical networks are evolving with the emerging advanced technologies. Their sizes and
functionalities too grow with every passing year. All these complexities cannot be handled …

The tremendous growth in communication technology is shaping a hyper-connected
network where billions or connected devices are producing a huge volume of data. Cellular …

Ubiquitous computing with smart mobile devices, Internet of Things, virtualization and cloud
is changing yesteryears' static networks to dynamic networks of mobile smart devices and …

In this paper, we propose the usage of Software Defined Network as mobile backhaul for 5G
networks. Mobile networks are facing major challenges to handle the increasing traffic …

The challenging performance targets of future 5G networks will require a radical change in
the network design with a much closer interaction between wireless and optical systems …

Standardisation, research and development efforts for the fifth generation (5G) of mobile
telecommunication networks are well under way. Software Defined Networking (SDN) and …

5G technologies are a new paradigm strongly supported by the European Commission (EC)
to overcome the challenges of next generation networks and aiming to tackle the novel and …