Fronthaul-constrained cloud radio access networks: Insights and challenges

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 152-160

  Peng, Mugen ^a   Wang, Chonggang ^b   Lau, Vincent ^c   Poor, H Vincent ^d  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b Inter Digital Communications ^*  (China)

^c HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO TRANSMISSION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HIGH SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; REMOTE RADIO HEADS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION OPTIMIZATION; SOFTWARE-DEFINED NETWORKINGS; SYSTEM ARCHITECTURES; TRANSMISSION LINK; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEM;

CONSTRAINED OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84929467968     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2015.7096298     Document Type: Article

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