5G backhaul challenges and emerging research directions: A survey

M Jaber, MA Imran, R Tafazolli, A Tukmanov - IEEE access, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
5G is the next cellular generation and is expected to quench the growing thirst for taxing
data rates and to enable the Internet of Things. Focused research and standardization work …

Link-layer retransmission-based error-control protocols in FSO communications: A survey

HD Le, AT Pham - IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Free space optical (FSO) communication has established a reputation for itself capable of
delivering high-speed data services over long distances without exhausting radio frequency …

Cloud radio access network: Virtualizing wireless access for dense heterogeneous systems

O Simeone, A Maeder, M Peng… - Journal of …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud radio access network (C-RAN) refers to the visualization of base station functionalities
by means of cloud computing. This results in a novel cellular architecture in which low-cost …

Leveraging quantum annealing for large MIMO processing in centralized radio access networks

M Kim, D Venturelli, K Jamieson - … of the ACM special interest group on …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
User demand for increasing amounts of wireless capacity continues to outpace supply, and
so to meet this demand, significant progress has been made in new MIMO wireless physical …

Fronthaul and backhaul requirements of flexibly centralized radio access networks

J Bartelt, P Rost, D Wubben… - IEEE Wireless …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud radio access networks promise considerable benefits compared to decentralized
network architectures, but they also put challenging requirements on the fronthaul and …

Nuberu: Reliable RAN virtualization in shared platforms

G Garcia-Aviles, A Garcia-Saavedra… - Proceedings of the 27th …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
RAN virtualization will become a key technology for the last mile of next-generation mobile
networks driven by initiatives such as the O-RAN alliance. However, due to the computing …

Taking 5G RAN analytics and control to a new level

X Foukas, B Radunovic, M Balkwill, Z Lai - Proceedings of the 29th …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Open RAN, a modular and disaggregated design paradigm for 5G radio access networks
(RAN), promises programmability through the RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC). However …

Fast HARQ over finite blocklength codes: A technique for low-latency reliable communication

B Makki, T Svensson, G Caire… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper studies the performance of delay-constrained hybrid automatic repeat request
(HARQ) protocols. Particularly, we propose a fast HARQ protocol where, to increase the end …

A flexible network architecture for 5G systems

M Shariat, Ö Bulakci, A De Domenico… - Wireless …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we define a flexible, adaptable, and programmable architecture for 5G mobile
networks, taking into consideration the requirements, KPIs, and the current gaps in the …

IoT applications with 5G connectivity in medical tourism sector management: third-party service scenarios

MM Psiha, P Vlamos - GeNeDis 2016: Geriatrics, 2017 - Springer
Abstract 5G is the next generation of mobile communication technology. Current generation
of wireless technologies is being evolved toward 5G for better serving end users and …