A contemporary survey on free space optical communication: Potentials, technical challenges, recent advances and research direction

A Jahid, MH Alsharif, TJ Hall - Journal of network and computer …, 2022 - Elsevier
Due to the unprecedented growth of high speed multimedia services and diversified
applications initiated from the massive connectivity of IoT devices, 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) …

From cloud RAN to open RAN

L Gavrilovska, V Rakovic, D Denkovski - Wireless Personal …, 2020 - Springer
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 …

Design of cost-efficient optical fronthaul for 5G/6G networks: An optimization perspective

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak, M Jha - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
Currently, 5G and the forthcoming 6G mobile communication systems are the most
promising cellular generations expected to beat the growing hunger for bandwidth and …

Minimum delay function placement and resource allocation for Open RAN (O-RAN) 5G networks

N Kazemifard, V Shah-Mansouri - Computer Networks, 2021 - Elsevier
Digitalization is a journey that has been started and put ICT industry in a crucial situation to
provide required infrastructure for diverse range of data hungry, short tempered applications …

Toward 6G Optical Fronthaul: A Survey on Enabling Technologies and Research Perspectives

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The anticipated launch of the Sixth Generation (6G) of mobile technology by 2030 will mark
a significant milestone in the evolution of wireless communication, ushering in a new era …

Edge-enhanced graph neural network for DU-CU placement and lightpath provision in X-Haul networks

R Wang, J Zhang, Z Gu, S Yan, Y Xiao… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The emerging mobile services have imposed several new challenges on the radio access
network (RAN), which stimulates its evolution from cloud-RAN to next-generation RAN (NG …

5G/6G optical fronthaul modeling: cost and energy consumption assessment

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak - Journal of Optical Communications and …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
In fifth generatin (5G) and the future beyond 5G (6G) radio access networks (RANs), the cost
of fronthaul deployment is a main challenge for mobile network operators. Depending on …

A low cost PON-FSO based fronthaul solution for 5G CRAN architecture

SS Jaffer, A Hussain, MA Qureshi, J Mirza… - Optical Fiber …, 2021 - Elsevier
The continuous growth in mobile network traffic driven by the extensive range of new user
applications, for instance, interactive e-learning, social networking sites, remote medical …

Total cost of ownership of digital vs. analog radio-over-fiber architectures for 5G fronthauling

A Udalcovs, M Levantesi, P Urban, DAA Mello… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The article analyzes the total cost of ownership (TCO) of 5G fronthauling solutions based on
analog and digital radio-over-fiber (RoF) architectures in cloud radio access networks (C …

RAN Virtualization: How Hard Is It to Fully Achieve?

M Kassi, S Hamouda - IEEE Access, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio Access Network (RAN) virtualization stands as a pivotal concept in the realm of 5G
networks and beyond. It emerges as a viable solution not only to address energy cost …