Handover reduction in virtualized cloud radio access networks using TWDM-PON fronthaul

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages B124-B134

  Wang, Xinbo ^a   Wang, Lin ^a   Cavdar, Cicek ^b   Tornatore, Massimo ^a,c   Figueiredo, Gustavo B ^d   Chung, Hwan Seok ^e   Lee, Han Hyub ^e   Park, Soomyung ^e   Mukherjee, Biswanath ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^e Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5G network; Handover reduction; Optical fronthaul; TWDM PON; Virtualized CRAN

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; DIGITAL RADIO; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; RADIO; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SOFTWARE RADIO; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

G-NETWORKS; HANDOVER; OPTICAL FRONTHAUL; TWDM-PON; VIRTUALIZED-CRAN;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85010022054     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.8.00B124     Document Type: Article

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