An open framework for programmable, self-managed radio access networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 154-161

  Tsagkaris, Kostas ^a   Poulios, George ^a   Demestichas, Panagiotis ^a   Tall, Abdoulaye ^b   Altman, Zwi ^b   Destré, Christian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; BALLOONS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTEROPERABILITY; STANDARDS;

ARCHITECTURAL COMPONENTS; EQUIPMENT VENDORS; HIGH REACTIVITY; IMPLEMENTATION ASPECTS; MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK ELEMENT; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84937903966     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2015.7158279     Document Type: Article

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