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Abstract | ||
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This paper addresses the novel notion of offering a radio access network as a service. Its components may be instantiated on general purpose platforms with pooled resources (both radio and hardware ones) dimensioned on-demand, elastically and following the pay-per-use principle. A novel architecture is proposed that supports this concept. The architecture's success is in its modularity, well-defined functional elements and clean separation between operational and control functions. By moving much processing traditionally located in hardware for computation in the cloud, it allows the optimisation of hardware utilization and reduction of deployment and operation costs. It enables operators to upgrade their network as well as quickly deploy and adapt resources to demand. Also, new players may easily enter the market, permitting a virtual network operator to provide connectivity to its users. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2014 | 10.1109/EuCNC.2014.6882627 | EuCNC |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
cloud,mobile computing,process control,architecture,ran,computer architecture,cloud computing,mobile communication | Virtual network,Architecture,Software deployment,Computer science,Computer network,Upgrade,Radio access network,Modularity,Cloud computing,Distributed computing,UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network | Conference |
Citations | PageRank | References |
7 | 0.73 | 1 |
Authors | ||
10 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucio Studer Ferreira | 1 | 34 | 7.09 |
| Dominique Pichon | 2 | 7 | 0.73 |
| Atoosa Hatefi | 3 | 7 | 0.73 |
| Andre Gomes | 4 | 46 | 4.02 |
| Desislava C. Dimitrova | 5 | 73 | 11.86 |
| Torsten Braun | 6 | 1587 | 190.59 |
| Georgios Karagiannis | 7 | 727 | 47.35 |
| Morteza Karimzadeh | 8 | 23 | 3.33 |
| Monica Branco | 9 | 7 | 0.73 |
| Luis M. Correia | 10 | 284 | 55.53 |