[HTML][HTML] 5G network slicing using SDN and NFV: A survey of taxonomy, architectures and future challenges

AA Barakabitze, A Ahmad, R Mijumbi, A Hines - Computer Networks, 2020 - Elsevier
The increasing consumption of multimedia services and the demand of high-quality services
from customers has triggered a fundamental change in how we administer networks in terms …

When SDN meets C-RAN: A survey exploring multi-point coordination, interference, and performance

FZ Morais, CA da Costa, AM Alberti, CB Both… - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The transformation of mobile networks towards fifth generation (5G) is considered an
unprecedented revolution when compared to the previous generations, mainly because of …

LayBack: SDN management of multi-access edge computing (MEC) for network access services and radio resource sharing

P Shantharama, AS Thyagaturu, N Karakoc… - IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Existing radio access networks (RANs) allow only for very limited sharing of the
communication and computation resources among wireless operators and heterogeneous …

5G new radio fronthaul network design for eCPRI-IEEE 802.1 CM and extreme latency percentiles

GO Pérez, DL López, JA Hernández - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Packet-switched fronthaul networks are often designed following the rule that the worst-case
network delay must be below a given target end-to-end network latency budget. However …

Modeling mobile edge computing deployments for low latency multimedia services

J Martín-Pérez, L Cominardi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-access edge computing (MEC) technologies bring important improvements in terms of
network bandwidth, latency, and use of context information and critical for services like …

[HTML][HTML] Next generation wireless cellular networks: ultra-dense multi-tier and multi-cell cooperation perspective

BU Kazi, GA Wainer - Wireless Networks, 2019 - Springer
The next generation wireless cellular network is aimed to address the demands of users and
emerging use cases set by industries and academia for beyond 2020. Hence, The next …

A multi-layer multi-timescale network utility maximization framework for the SDN-based LayBack architecture enabling wireless backhaul resource sharing

M Wang, N Karakoc, L Ferrari, P Shantharama… - Electronics, 2019 - mdpi.com
With the emergence of small cell networks and fifth-generation (5G) wireless networks, the
backhaul becomes increasingly complex. This study addresses the problem of how a central …

Cost analysis of 5G fronthaul networks through functional splits at the PHY layer in a capacity and cost limited scenario

RI Rony, E Lopez-Aguilera, E Garcia-Villegas - IEEE access, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The expected growth in carried traffic and the added complexity of different deployment
approaches (distributed vs. centralized), showing different requirements, make transport …

Delay analysis of fronthaul traffic in 5G transport networks

GO Pérez, JA Hernández… - 2017 IEEE 17th …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture claims to reduce capital costs and
facilitate the implementation of multi-site coordination mechanisms. This paper studies the …

Delay analysis of mixed fronthaul and backhaul traffic under strict priority queueing discipline in a 5G packet transport network

A Gowda, JA Hernández, D Larrabeiti… - Transactions on …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Virtualization of the base station for the purpose of centralization is being actively studied
and researched as an implementation option for 5G mobile networks. Proposed as Cloud …