Mobile network architecture evolution toward 5G

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 84-91

  Rost, Peter ^a   Banchs, Albert ^b   Berberana, Ignacio ^c   Breitbach, Markus ^d   Doll, Mark ^e   Droste, Heinz ^d   Mannweiler, Christian ^a   Puente, Miguel A ^f   Samdanis, Konstantinos ^g   Sayadi, Bessem ^e  

^a NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Finland)

^b IMDEA NETWORKS INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^c Telefonia I+D   (Spain)

^d DEUTSCHE TELEKOM LABORATORIES   (Germany)

^e NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^f ATOS   (India)

^g NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; NETWORK CONTROL; NETWORK EVOLUTION; NETWORK SLICING; ROADMAP;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84975463548     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7470940     Document Type: Article

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