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Medium Transparent Mac Access Schemes For Seamless Packetized Fronthaul In Mm-Wave 5g Picocellular Networks |
Abstract | ||
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Telecom operators are racing towards upgrading their facilities and broadband services in order to meet the highly challenging 5G operational framework in dense urban landscapes. The oversubscribed sub-6 GHz wireless band is lacking the necessary bandwidth to support the envisioned 5G data rates, suggesting the transition to mm-wave bands as the only viable scenario. In conjunction with the cell densification that is required to achieve the desired frequency reuse factor, it becomes obvious that the current CPRI-based fronthaul cannot cope with massive multi-Gbps traffic streams and a paradigm shift in resource allocation and network intelligence is necessary. To this end we propose the Medium Transparent MAC protocols as the solution towards forming and managing a converged mm-wave FiWi fronthaul infrastructure. Our approach allows for directly negotiating wavelength, frequency and time resources between the centralized unit and the wireless terminals, while offering fast on-demand link formation following closely the demand fluctuation at the picocell level. In this paper we investigate the functional and physical consolidation as well as the respective performance of MT-MAC-enabled fronthaul and report on its application and suitability for mm-wave 5G access networks. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
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2017 | 10.1109/ICTON.2017.8025064 | 2017 19TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS (ICTON) |
Keywords | DocType | ISSN |
radio-over-fiber (RoF), optical-wireless, passive-optical-networks (PON), SCM, 60 GHz | Conference | 2162-7339 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
0 | 0.34 | 5 |
Authors | ||
5 |
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
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Kalfas, G. | 1 | 8 | 8.61 |
J. S. Vardakas | 2 | 98 | 17.23 |
Luis Alonso | 3 | 152 | 15.86 |
Ch. Verikoukis | 4 | 0 | 0.34 |
Nikos Pleros | 5 | 25 | 23.69 |