Optimal BBU Placement for 5G C-RAN Deployment over WDM Aggregation Networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 1963-1970

  Musumeci, Francesco ^a   Bellanzon, Camilla ^a   Carapellese, Nicola ^a   Tornatore, Massimo ^a   Pattavina, Achille ^a   Gosselin, Stéphane ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b ORANGE LABS   (France)

Author keywords

5G; Baseband unit hotelling; centralized radio access network; fronthaul; optical aggregation networks; wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC SWITCHES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTIPLEXING; OPTIMIZATION; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

ACCESS/AGGREGATION NETWORKS; AGGREGATION NETWORK; FRONTHAUL; HOTELLING; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NETWORK INTELLIGENCE; PLACEMENT OPTIMIZATION; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS;

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84963553355     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2513101     Document Type: Article

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