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The baseband-up centralization architecture of radio access networks (C-RAN) has recently been proposed to support efficient cooperative communications and reduce deployment and operational costs. However, the massive fronthaul bandwidth…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-28 Jingchu Liu , Sheng Zhou , Jie Gong , Zhisheng Niu , Shugong Xu

Cloud radio-access networks (C-RAN) have been proposed as an enabling technology for keeping up with the requirements of next-generation wireless networks. Most existing works on C-RAN consider the uplink or the downlink separately.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-14 Mahmoud Hasabelnaby , Anas Chaaban

The limited fronthaul capacity imposes a challenge on the uplink of centralized radio access network (C-RAN). We propose to boost the fronthaul capacity of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) aided C-RAN by globally optimizing the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-01 Jiankang Zhang , Sheng Chen , Xinying Guo , Jia Shi , Lajos Hanzo

This paper investigates the fronthaul compression problem in a user-centric cloud radio access network, in which single-antenna users are served by a central processor (CP) cooperatively via a cluster of remote radio heads (RRHs). To…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-15 Ruihua Qiao , Tao Jiang , Wei Yu

Recently, Cloud-based Radio Access Network (C-RAN) has been proposed as a potential solution to reduce energy cost in cellular networks. C-RAN centralizes the baseband processing capabilities of Base Stations (BSs) in a cloud computing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-08-25 Qiang Fan , Hancheng Lu , Wei Jiang , Peilin Hong , Jun Wu , Chang Wen Chen

There is a widely held belief that future Radio Access Network (RAN) architectures will be characterized by increased levels of virtualization, whereby base station functionalities, traditionally residing at a single location, will be…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-05-18 Sandra Lagén , Xavier Gelabert , Andreas Hansson , Manuel Requena , Lorenza Giupponi

Cell-free Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is considered, where distributed access points (APs) multiply the received signal by the conjugate of the estimated channel, and send back a quantized version of this weighted signal…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-09 Manijeh Bashar , Kanapathippillai Cumanan , Alister G. Burr , Hien Quoc Ngo , Merouane Debbah , Pei Xiao

A novel dynamic radio-cooperation strategy is proposed for Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs) consisting of multiple Remote Radio Heads (RRHs) connected to a central Virtual Base Station (VBS) pool. In particular, the key capabilities of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-08-11 Tuyen X. Tran , Dario Pompili

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication and network densification hold great promise for achieving high-rate communication in next-generation wireless networks. Cloud radio access network (CRAN), in which low-complexity remote radio heads…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-07-31 Reuben George Stephen , Rui Zhang

Fronthaul quantization causes a significant distortion in cell-free massive MIMO networks. Due to the limited capacity of fronthaul links, information exchange among access points (APs) must be quantized significantly. Furthermore, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-03 Vida Ranjbar , Robbert Beerten , Marc Moonen , Sofie Pollin

Power saving is a main pillar in the operation of wireless communication systems. In this paper, we investigate cloud radio access network (C-RAN) capability to reduce power consumption based on the user equipment (UE) requirement. Aiming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Yuchao Chang , Hongli Wang , Wen Chen , Yonghui Li , Naofal Al-Dhahir

The emergence of Centralized-RAN (C-RAN) has revolutionized mobile network infrastructure, offering streamlined cell-site engineering and enhanced network management capabilities. As C-RAN gains momentum, the focus shifts to optimizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-06-25 Marcello Morini , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Danilo De Donno , Antonio Capone

A cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is considered as a candidate to meet the expectations of higher data rate de- mands in wireless networks. In C-RAN, low energy base stations (BSs) are deployed over a small geography and are allowed to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-11 Yigit Ugur , Zohaib Hassan Awan , Aydin Sezgin

Cloud-radio access network (C-RAN) can enable cell-less operation by connecting distributed remote radio heads (RRHs) via fronthaul links to a powerful central unit. In conventional C-RAN, baseband signals are forwarded after quantization/…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Daniyal Amir Awan , Renato L. G. Cavalcante , Zoran Utkovski , Slawomir Stanczak

The cloud radio access network (C-RAN) provides high spectral and energy efficiency performances, low expenditures and intelligent centralized system structures to operators, which has attracted intense interests in both academia and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-30 Jian Li , Mugen Peng , Aolin Cheng , Yuling Yu , Chonggang Wang

In this paper, we study the design of a hybrid precoder, consisting of an analog and a digital precoder, for the delivery phase of downlink cache-enabled millimeter wave (mmWave) radio access networks (CeMm-RANs). In CeMm-RANs, enhanced…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-23 Shiwen He , Yongpeng Wu , Ju Ren , Yongming Huang , Robert Schober , Yaoxue Zhang

In this work we propose a fronthaul compression scheme for distributed MIMO systems with multi-antenna receivers, in which, prior to signal quantisation, dimension reduction is performed at each receiver by matched filtering the received…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-28 Fred Wiffen , Mohammud Z. Bocus , Angela Doufexi , Woon Hau Chin

The cloud-radio access network (CRAN) is expected to be the core network architecture for next generation mobile radio systems. In this paper, we consider the downlink of a CRAN formed of one central processor (the cloud) and several…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-01-28 Oussama Dhifallah , Hayssam Dahrouj , Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This paper considers networked sensing in cellular network, where multiple base stations (BSs) first compress their received echo signals from multiple targets and then forward the quantized signals to the central unit (CU) via…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-09 Weifeng Zhu , Shuowen Zhang , Liang Liu

In this paper, we investigate network-assisted full-duplex (NAFD) cell-free millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with digital-to-analog converter (DAC) quantization and fronthaul compression. We…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-20 Jiamin Li , Qingrui Fan , Yu Zhang , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Hao Wu , Xiaohu You