Abstract
This chapter discusses the cellular network interface and solution and presents a comprehensive discussion on the 5G enabling technologies. It introduces the concept of fiber-wireless network convergence. The chapter also presents a broad explanation of the radio-over-fiber transmission scheme. It describes optical transport network multiplexing schemes and considers wireless based transport networks. The chapter then presents experimental channel measurement and characterization. It focuses on centralized/cloud RAN (C-RAN) architectures due to their salient advantages such as cost-effectiveness, efficient centralized processing, better service provisioning, support for dynamic resource allocation and mobile traffic load balancing. The chapter considers C-RAN interfaces such as mobile backhaul (MBH) and mobile fronthaul (MFH). It also discusses the associated radio interface that can be employed for the in-phase and quadrature data transmission between central units and distributed units. MBH/MFH transport network provisioning is largely based on optical fiber solutions.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Optical and Wireless Convergence for 5G Networks |
Editors | Abdelgader M. Abdalla, Jonathan Rodriguez, Issa Elfergani, Antonio Teixeira |
Publisher | Wiley |
Chapter | 1 |
Pages | 1-29 |
Number of pages | 29 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 978-1119491590 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1119491583 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2 Aug 2019 |
Keywords
- 5G networks
- Fiber-wireless network convergence
- Mobile backhaul solution
- Mobile fronthaul solution
- Optical transport network