Wireless network virtualization with SDN and C-RAN for 5G networks: Requirements, opportunities, and challenges

EJ Kitindi, S Fu, Y Jia, A Kabir, Y Wang - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless network virtualization (WNV) has drawn attention from the researchers ranging
from academia to industry as one of the significant technologies in the cellular network …

5G: Adaptable networks enabled by versatile radio access technologies

C Sexton, NJ Kaminski… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The requirements and key areas for 5G are gradually becoming more apparent, and it is
becoming clear that 5G will need to be able to deal with increased levels of diversity in both …

Leveraging distributed blockchain-based scheme for wireless network virtualization with security and QoS constraints

DB Rawat, A Alshaikhi - 2018 International Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless network virtualization is regarded as an emerging paradigm to enhance RF
spectrum utilization to support exponentially increasing demand caused by emerging …

Spectrum without bounds, networks without borders

L Doyle, J Kibiłda, TK Forde… - Proceedings of the …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The purpose of this paper is to present a vision for future mobile and wireless networks. The
vision, which we call Networks without Borders (NwoB), is based on a marketplace of virtual …

Cooperative infrastructure and spectrum sharing in heterogeneous mobile networks

L Cano, A Capone, G Carello, M Cesana… - IEEE Journal on …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To accommodate the ever-growing traffic load and bandwidth demand generated by mobile
users, mobile network operators (MNOs) need to frequently invest in high spectral efficiency …

Efficient coverage through inter-operator infrastructure sharing in mobile networks

J Kibiłda, LA DaSilva - 2013 IFIP wireless days (WD), 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Herein, we study efficient coverage provisioning in mobile networks under an inter-operator
infrastructure sharing regime which we call Networks without Borders. For the purpose of the …

Mobile network sharing between operators: A demand trace-driven study

P Di Francesco, F Malandrino, LA DaSilva - Proceedings of the 2014 …, 2014 - dl.acm.org
Network sharing is often hailed as a promising and cost-effective way to tackle the ever-
increasing load of cellular networks. However, its actual effectiveness strongly depends on …

On the wireless virtualization with QoE constraints

DB Rawat, BS Alsulami… - Transactions on Emerging …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Wireless virtualization is emerging as a new paradigm to improve wireless spectrum
utilization by subleasing radio frequency (RF) channels through slicing. This paper …

Game theoretic approach for wireless virtualization with coverage and QoS constraints

DB Rawat - 2017 IEEE Conference on Computer …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Wireless network virtualization is an emerging paradigm to improve spectrum utilization by
sharing wireless resources through slicing. In this paper, we investigate interactions …

[PDF][PDF] Decoupling resource ownership from service provisioning to enable ephemeral converged networks (ECNs)

J Marquez-Barja, M Ruffini, N Kaminski… - IEEE European Conf …, 2016 - academia.edu
The evolution of wireless and optical networks will involve not only the adoption of new
technologies but also massive changes in how network resources are owned and managed …