On the design of 5G transport networks

Photonic Network Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 403-415

  Fiorani, Matteo ^a   Skubic, Björn ^b   Mårtensson, Jonas ^c   Valcarenghi, Luca ^d   Castoldi, Piero ^d   Wosinska, Lena ^a   Monti, Paolo ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^d SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

5G transport; Backhaul; Flexible transport; Fronthaul; Network function virtualization (NFV); Network sharing

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS;

5G TRANSPORT; BACKHAUL; FLEXIBLE TRANSPORT; FRONTHAUL; NETWORK SHARING; VIRTUALIZATIONS;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 84946495441     PISSN: 1387974X     EISSN: 15728188     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11107-015-0553-8     Document Type: Article

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