Ultra-dense networks: A survey

M Kamel, W Hamouda… - … Communications surveys & …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential growth and availability of data in all forms is the main booster to the
continuing evolution in the communications industry. The popularization of traffic-intensive …

Network function virtualization: State-of-the-art and research challenges

R Mijumbi, J Serrat, JL Gorricho… - … surveys & tutorials, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network function virtualization (NFV) has drawn significant attention from both industry and
academia as an important shift in telecommunication service provisioning. By decoupling …

Cloud RAN for mobile networks—A technology overview

A Checko, HL Christiansen, Y Yan… - … surveys & tutorials, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a novel mobile network architecture which can
address a number of challenges the operators face while trying to support growing end …

Toward an efficient C-RAN optical fronthaul for the future networks: A tutorial on technologies, requirements, challenges, and solutions

IA Alimi, AL Teixeira, PP Monteiro - … Communications Surveys & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

QoE management of multimedia streaming services in future networks: A tutorial and survey

AA Barakabitze, N Barman, A Ahmad… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The highly demanding Over-The-Top (OTT) multimedia applications pose increased
challenges to Internet Service Providers (ISPs) for assuring a reasonable Quality of …

Recent advances in cloud radio access networks: System architectures, key techniques, and open issues

M Peng, Y Sun, X Li, Z Mao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a promising paradigm to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, the cloud radio
access network (C-RAN) has been shown to provide high spectral efficiency and energy …

Cloud technologies for flexible 5G radio access networks

P Rost, CJ Bernardos, A De Domenico… - IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The evolution toward 5G mobile networks will be characterized by an increasing number of
wireless devices, increasing device and service complexity, and the requirement to access …

Resource management in cloud networking using economic analysis and pricing models: A survey

NC Luong, P Wang, D Niyato, Y Wen… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a comprehensive literature review on applications of economic and
pricing models for resource management in cloud networking. To achieve sustainable profit …

[PDF][PDF] Key techniques for 5G wireless communications: network architecture, physical layer, and MAC layer perspectives

Z Ma, ZQ Zhang, ZG Ding… - Science CHINA …, 2015 - personalpages.manchester.ac.uk
The fourth generation (4G) mobile communication systems are offering service worldwide
steadily. Although 4G systems could be loaded with much more services and data than …

Charm: exploiting geographical diversity through coherent combining in low-power wide-area networks

A Dongare, R Narayanan, A Gadre… - 2018 17th ACM/IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Low-Power Wide-Area Networks (LPWANs) are an emerging wireless platform which can
support battery-powered devices lasting 10-years while communicating at low data-rates to …