Cloud technologies for flexible 5G radio access networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 68-76

  Rost, Peter ^a   Bernardos, Carlos ^b   Domenico, Antonio ^c   Girolamo, Marco ^d   Lalam, Massinissa ^e   Maeder, Andreas ^f   Sabella, Dario ^g   Wübben, Dirk ^h  

^a IEEE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CARLOS III DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c CEA LETI   (France)

^d IJOIN ^*  (United States)

^e INP Grenoble ENSIMAG   (France)

^f NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^g TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO;

BACKHAUL NETWORKS; CENTRALIZED OPERATIONS; CENTRALIZED PROCESSING; CLOUD TECHNOLOGIES; FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS; MOBILE SERVICE; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS DEVICES;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84901286059     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2014.6815895     Document Type: Article

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