Software defined and virtualized wireless access in future wireless networks: Scenarios and standards

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 26-34

  Granelli, Fabrizio ^a   Gebremariam, Anteneh A ^a   Usman, Muhammad ^a   Cugini, Filippo ^b   Stamati, Veroniki ^b   Alitska, Marios ^c   Chatzimisios, Periklis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^b CNIT ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c ALEXANDER TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DATA-INTENSIVE SERVICES; FUTURE TRENDS; FUTURE WIRELESS NETWORKS; NETWORKING INFRASTRUCTURE; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN); VIRTUALIZATIONS; WIRELESS ACCESS; WIRELESS WORLD;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 84933039962     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7120042     Document Type: Review

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