Abstraction models for optical 5G transport networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 656-665

  Fiorani, Matteo ^a   Rostami, Ahmad ^b   Wosinska, Lena ^a   Monti, Paolo ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5G transport; Backhaul; Centralized RAN (C RAN); Fronthaul; Resources abstraction; Software defined networking (SDN); Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CONTROLLERS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MULTIPLEXING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

5G TRANSPORT; BACKHAUL; CENTRALIZED RAN (C-RAN); FRONTHAUL; RESOURCES ABSTRACTION; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN);

C (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE);

EID: 84986917991     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.8.000656     Document Type: Article

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