Providing ultra-short latency to user-centric 5G applications at the mobile network edge

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Farris, I ^a,d   Taleb, T ^a,b   Flinck, H ^c   Iera, A ^d  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b Sejong University   (South Korea)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

DELAY-SENSITIVE APPLICATIONS; IMMERSIVE APPLICATION; LOW-BANDWIDTH LINKS; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE); SERVICE MIGRATION; SERVICE REPLICATIONS; USER-CENTRIC SERVICE; VIRTUALIZATION TECHNIQUES;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 85016422024     PISSN: 21615748     EISSN: 21613915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.3169     Document Type: Article

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