Flexible RAN: A Radio Access Network Concept with Flexible Functional Splits and a Programmable Optical TransportShow others and affiliations
2018 (English)In: European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC, 2018Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
We present the flexible RAN concept and evaluate its performance in different radio coordination scenarios considering an optical transport network. Results show the benefits of flexible RAN compared to C-RAN in terms of wavelength usage and transponder cost.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2018.
Keywords [en]
Signal systems, Optical transport, Optical transport networks, Radio access networks, Transponder costs, Optical communication
National Category
Natural Sciences
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-34493DOI: 10.1109/ECOC.2017.8345857Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85046953276ISBN: 9781538656242 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-34493DiVA, id: diva2:1237685
Conference
43rd European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2017, 17 September 2017 through 21 September 2017
Note
Funding details: K5; Funding details: 671636, VINNOVA;
2018-08-092018-08-092021-06-14Bibliographically approved