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Fog-aided network architectures for 5G systems encompass wireless edge nodes, referred to as remote radio systems (RRSs), as well as remote cloud center (RCC) processors, which are connected to the RRSs via a fronthaul access network. RRSs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-23 Jinkyu Kang , Osvaldo Simeone , Joonhyuk Kang , Shlomo Shamai

We study downlink of multiantenna cloud radio access networks (C-RANs) with finite-capacity fronthaul links. The aim is to propose joint designs of beamforming and remote radio head (RRH)-user association, subject to constraints on users'…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-17 Kien-Giang Nguyen , Quang-Doanh Vu , Markku Juntti , Le-Nam Tran

The next generation of tactical networks (TNs) is poised to further leverage the key enablers of 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) technology, such as radio access network (RAN) slicing and the open RAN (O-RAN) paradigm, to unlock multiple…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-06-11 Abderrahime Filali , Diala Naboulsi , Georges Kaddoum

In traditional Fog-Radio Access Networks (F-RANs), enhanced remote radio heads (eRRHs) are connected to a macro base station (MBS) through fronthaul links. Deploying a massive number of eRRHs is not always feasible due to site constraints…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Hesameddin Mokhtarzadeh , Mohammed S. Al-Abiad , Md Jahangir Hossain , Julian Cheng

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

Virtual Reality (VR) services delivered over 6G networks demand ultra-low latency and high bandwidth to ensure seamless user experiences. This paper presents an intelligent resource allocation and edge caching framework for 6G O-RAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Khaled M. Naguib , Soumaya Cherkaoui , Mahmoud M. Elmessalawy , Ahmed M. Abd El-Haleem , Ibrahim I. Ibrahim

Despite advancements, Radio Access Networks (RAN) still account for over 50\% of the total power consumption in 5G networks. Existing RAN split options do not fully harness data potential, presenting an opportunity to reduce operational…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Sardar Jaffar Ali , Syed M. Raza , Duc-Tai Le , Rajesh Challa , Min Young Chung , Ness Shroff , Hyunseung Choo

The ultra-dense cloud radio access network (UD-CRAN), in which remote radio heads (RRHs) are densely deployed in the network, is considered. To reduce the channel estimation overhead, we focus on the design of robust transmit beamforming…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-12 Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Maged Elkashlan , Arumugam Nallanathan , Lajos Hanzo

This paper investigates the resource allocation problem combined with fronthaul precoding and access link sparse precoding design in cloud radio access network (C-RAN) wireless fronthaul systems.Multiple remote antenna units (RAUs) in C-RAN…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Peng Jiang , Jiafei Fu , Pengcheng Zhu , Jiamin Li , Xiaohu You

Fluid antenna systems (FAS) enable dynamic antenna positioning, offering new opportunities to enhance integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) performance. However, existing studies primarily focus on communication enhancement or…

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Facing the explosion of mobile data traffic, cloud radio access network (C-RAN) is proposed recently to overcome the efficiency and flexibility problems with the traditional RAN architecture by centralizing baseband processing. However,…

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

Wireless connectivity is essential for industrial production processes and workflow management. Moreover, the connectivity requirements of industrial devices, which are usually long-term investments, are diverse and require different radio…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-03-29 David Candal-Ventureira , Francisco Javier González-Castaño , Felipe Gil-Castiñeira , Pablo Fondo-Ferreiro

Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) is a new paradigm for wireless networks that centralizes the signal processing in a computing cloud, allowing commodity computational resources to be pooled. While C-RAN improves utilization and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-03 Kyle Whetzel , Matthew C. Valenti

Within 3GPP, the campus network architecture has evolved as a deployment option for industries and can be provisioned using network slicing over already installed 5G public network infrastructure. In campus networks, the ultra-reliable low…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-20 Iulisloi Zacarias , Francisco Carpio , André Costa Drummond , Admela Jukan

Radio Access Networks (RANs) for telecommunications represent large agglomerations of interconnected hardware consisting of hundreds of thousands of transmitting devices (cells). Such networks undergo frequent and often heterogeneous…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Igor Kozlov , Dmitriy Rivkin , Wei-Di Chang , Di Wu , Xue Liu , Gregory Dudek

In cellular networks, the locations of the radio access network (RAN) elements are determined mainly based on the long-term traffic behaviour. However, when the random and hard-to-predict spatio-temporal distribution of the traffic…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-25 Irem Bor-Yaliniz , Halim Yanikomeroglu

In this paper, we consider a green cloud radio access network (C-RAN) with simultaneous wireless and power transfer ability. In order to reduce the energy consumed for updating the chanel state information (CSI), energy users are divided…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-30 Xu Li , Zhao Chen , Aurobinda Laha , Ziru Chen , Yu Cheng , Lin X. Cai

The increasing penetration of inverter-based renewable generation has significantly reduced system inertia, making modern power grids more vulnerable to rapid frequency deviations following disturbances. While a wide range of flexible…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Xiaojie Tao , Rajit Gadh

We demonstrate a distributed and a centralized 4G/5G compliant approach to minimize signaling and latency related to user mobility in cellular networks. This is crucial due to the densification of networks and the additional signaling…

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Multicast transmission and wireless caching are effective ways of reducing air and backhaul traffic load in wireless networks. This paper proposes to incorporate these two key ideas for content-centric multicast transmission in a cloud…

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