As the idea of a new wireless communication standard (5G) started to circulate around the
world, there was much speculation regarding its performance, making it necessary to carry …

5G RAN aims to evolve new technologies spanning the Cloud infrastructure, virtualization
techniques and Software Defined Network capabilities. Advanced solutions are introduced …

This paper focuses on converged access/metro infrastructures for 5G services, proposing a
common transport network integrating wireless and optical network segments with …

Network slicing is proposed as a new paradigm to serve the plethora of 5G services on a
shared infrastructure. Within this context, a Radio Access Network (RAN) slice is considered …

We theoretically study the joint functional split selection and scheduling problem that arises
in a Centralized Radio-Access-Network (C-RAN) architecture with a central location …

5G radio access networks are expected to leverage the Cloud environment for building a
cost effective network infrastructure. Advanced mechanisms with functional split are …

The massive adoption of Cloud technology in mobile access networks has driven the
operators and vendors to work together in order to make Radio Access Network (RAN) …

This study proposes a modeling framework for optimal online 5G service provisioning,
based on low computational complexity machine learning techniques such as Neural …

Abstract The common European Information and Communications Technology sector vision
for 5G is that it should leverage on the strengths of both optical and wireless technologies. In …

Next Generation 5G Radio Access Network (NGRAN) is envisioned to integrate the slicing
approach to build a flexible network supporting diverse use-cases with customized …