C-RAN and virtualized Small Cell technology poses several major research challenges. These include dynamic resource allocation, self-configuration in the baseband pool, high latency in data transfer between radio unit and baseband unit, the cost of data delivery, high volume of data in the network, software networking aspects, potential energy savings, security concerns, privacy of user's personal data at a remote place, limitations of virtualized environment, etc. This book provides deeper insights into the next generation RAN architecture and surveys the coexistence of SDN, C-RAN and Small Cells solutions proposed in the literature at different levels.
SECTION I 5G RAN ARCHITECTURES AND APPLICATIONS
1 Frameless Network Architecture for User-Centric 5G Radio Access Networks
XIAODONG XU, ZHAO SUN, AND JIAXIANG LIU
2 Distributed Architecture of 5G Mobile Networks for Efficient Computation Management in Mobile Edge Computing
ZDENEK BECVAR, MATEJ ROHLIK, PAVEL MACH, MICHAL VONDRA, TOMAS VANEK, MIGUEL A. PUENTE, AND FELICIA LOBILLO
3 Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access Schemes for Next-Generation 5G Networks: A Survey
NAMADEV BHUVANASUNDARAM, HUAN X. NGUYEN, RAMONA TRESTIAN, AND QUOC-TUAN VIEN
4 Performance Evaluation of NOMA under Wireless Downlink Cloud Radio Access Networks Environments
QUOC-TUAN VIEN, NGOZI OGBONNA, HUAN X. NGUYEN, RAMONA TRESTIAN, AND PURAV SHAH
5 Cloud Computing: The Flexible Future
JOANNA KUSZNIER, XUAN THUY DANG, AND MANZOOR AHMED KHAN
SECTION II 5G RAN VIRTUALIZATION SOLUTIONS
6 Software-Defined Networking and Network Function Virtualization for C-RAN Systems
MASSIMO CONDOLUCI, TOKTAM MAHMOODI, AND GIUSEPPE ARANITI
7 Software-Defined Networking in the World of C-RAN
BOLAGALA SRAVYA AND HRISHIKESH VENKATARAMAN
8 Managing Mobility with SDN: A Practical Walkthrough
XUAN THUY DANG AND MANZOOR AHMED KHAN
9 Autonomic Network Management
MANZOOR AHMED KHAN
10 Distributed Data Aggregation and Compression for 5G Virtual RAN IoT Sensor Applications
NIKOS DELIGIANNIS AND SPYRIDON LOUVROS
11 5G C-RAN Uplink Cross-Layer Optimization to Support Massive Traffic Sensor Network Services
SPYRIDON LOUVROS AND NIKOS DELIGIANNIS
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