A comprehensive survey of RAN architectures toward 5G mobile communication system

MA Habibi, M Nasimi, B Han, HD Schotten - Ieee Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) of mobile communication system aims to deliver a ubiquitous
mobile service with enhanced quality of service (QoS). It is also expected to enable new use …

Softwarization and virtualization in 5G mobile networks: Benefits, trends and challenges

M Condoluci, T Mahmoodi - Computer Networks, 2018 - Elsevier
The promise behind the effective deployment of 5G networks is an architecture able to
provide flexibility, reconfigurability and programmability in order to support, with fine …

Dynamic network slicing for multitenant heterogeneous cloud radio access networks

YL Lee, J Loo, TC Chuah… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multitenant cellular network slicing has been gaining huge interest recently. However, it is
not well-explored under the heterogeneous cloud radio access network (H-CRAN) …

Dynamic reservation and deep reinforcement learning based autonomous resource slicing for virtualized radio access networks

G Sun, ZT Gebrekidan, GO Boateng… - Ieee …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The elastic reconstruction of 5G network services is expected to provide the capability of
network slice orchestration to access the network on demand, guarantee service experience …

Green mobile networks for 5G and beyond

M Masoudi, MG Khafagy, A Conte, A El-Amine… - Ieee …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The heated 5G network deployment race has already begun with the rapid progress in
standardization efforts, backed by the current market availability of 5G-enabled network …

Autonomous resource provisioning and resource customization for mixed traffics in virtualized radio access network

G Sun, K Xiong, GO Boateng… - IEEE Systems …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network slicing has been introduced in fifth-generation (5G) systems to satisfy requirements
of diverse applications from various service providers operating on a common shared …

Resource slicing and customization in RAN with dueling deep Q-network

G Sun, K Xiong, GO Boateng, G Liu, W Jiang - Journal of Network and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The emerging future generation 5G technology is expected to support service-oriented
virtualized networks where different network applications provide unique services. 5G …

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 …

A long short-term memory network-based radio resource management for 5G network

KR Balmuri, S Konda, WC Lai, PB Divakarachari… - Future Internet, 2022 - mdpi.com
Nowadays, the Long-Term Evolution-Advanced system is widely used to provide 5G
communication due to its improved network capacity and less delay during communication …

Optimal processing allocation to minimize energy and bandwidth consumption in hybrid CRAN

A Alabbasi, X Wang, C Cavdar - IEEE Transactions on Green …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud radio access network (CRAN) architecture is proposed to save energy, facilitate
coordination between radio units, and achieve scalable solutions to improve radio network's …