An expansion of services and unprecedented traffic growth is anticipated in future networks,
aligned with the adoption of the long-awaited Fifth Generation (5G) of mobile …

This paper presents the generic definitions, basic functionalities and current research trends
in Cloud Radio Access Networks and its derivatives, Virtual Radio Access Networks and …

Conventional radio access networks are designed to utilize static configuration and are
statically deployed. As results they are inefficient in handling any spatio-temporal …

End-to-end network slicing is an auspicious paradigm, which promises to lead the way
towards efficiently addressing the problems of legacy networks. Based on softwarization and …

The next generation of mobile systems, the 5G, requires significant advances in system
architecture design and development, as a result of the tremendous increase of mobile …

The next generation of cellular networks is expected to provide a huge step forward in terms
of network capacity, reduced latency and reliability. Due to the large variety of applications …

The FALCON project, presented in this paper, focuses on dynamic on-demand virtual
resource allocation for wireless network environments, leveraging a highly flexible and …

End-to-end network slicing represents an auspicious concept, which promises to lead the
way towards achieving the 5G service requirements. Based on network softwarization and …

Radio Access Networks leverage a swift and efficient deployment of 5G systems. In order to
address the strict service performance requirements, and ever-increasing complexity of the …

Provided is a technology for executing a virtualized network function in a wireless
communication system. According to an embodiment of the disclosure, a server may obtain …