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The Open RAN architecture is a promising and future-oriented architecture. It is intended to open up the radio access network (RAN) and enable more innovation and competition in the market. This will lead to RANs for current 5G networks,…

The open radio access network (RAN) aims to bring openness and intelligence to the traditional closed and proprietary RAN technology and offer flexibility, performance improvement, and cost-efficiency in the RAN deployment and operation.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-07 Wilfrid Azariah , Fransiscus Asisi Bimo , Chih-Wei Lin , Ray-Guang Cheng , Navid Nikaein , Rittwik Jana

The fronthaul connection is a key component of Centralized RAN (C-RAN) architectures, consistently required to handle high capacity demands. However, this critical feature is at risk when the transport link relies on wireless technology.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-22 Marcello Morini , Eugenio Moro , Ilario Filippini , Danilo De Donno , Salvatore Moscato , Antonio Capone

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

In the Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture, the baseband signals from multiple remote radio heads are processed in a centralized baseband unit (BBU) pool. This architecture allows network operators to adapt the BBU's…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Anders E. Kalør , Mauricio I. Agurto , Nuno K. Pratas , Jimmy J. Nielsen , Petar Popovski

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

The increasing demand for high-speed, ultra-reliable and low-latency communications in 5G and beyond networks has led to a significant increase in power consumption, particularly within the Radio Access Network (RAN). This growing energy…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-02 Ahmed Al-Tahmeesschi , Yi Chu , Josh Shackleton , Swarna Chetty , Mostafa Rahmani , David Grace , Hamed Ahmadi

One of the key benefits of virtualized radio access networks (vRANs) is network management flexibility. However, this versatility raises previously-unseen network management challenges. In this paper, a learning-based zero-touch vRAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-20 Fahri Wisnu Murti , Samad Ali , George Iosifidis , Matti Latva-aho

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

O-RAN systems and their deployment in virtualized general-purpose computing platforms (O-Cloud) constitute a paradigm shift expected to bring unprecedented performance gains. However, these architectures raise new implementation challenges…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Fatih Aslan , George Iosifidis , Jose A. Ayala-Romero , Andres Garcia-Saavedra , Xavier Costa-Perez

The evolution of telecommunication network towards cloud-native environments enables flexible centralization of the base band processing of radio signals. There is however a trade-off between the centralization benefits and the fronthaul…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-01-13 Veronica Quintuna Rodriguez , Fabrice Guillemin , Alexandre Ferrieux , Laurent Thomas

Radio Access Network (RAN) systems are inherently complex, requiring continuous monitoring to prevent performance degradation and ensure optimal user experience. The RAN leverages numerous key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Douglas Liao , Jiping Luo , Jens Vevstad , Nikolaos Pappas

User demand on network communication infrastructure has never been greater with applications such as extended reality, holographic telepresence, and wireless brain-computer interfaces challenging current networking capabilities. Open RAN…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-29 Noe Yungaicela-Naula , Vishal Sharma , Sandra Scott-Hayward

Radio access networks (RAN) are going through a paradigm shift towards interoperable, intelligent, software-defined, and cloud-native open RAN solutions. A key challenge towards the adoption and deployment of open RAN at scale is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-17 Lopamudra Kundu , Xingqin Lin , Elena Agostini , Vikrama Ditya

5G radio access network (RAN) with network slicing methodology plays a key role in the development of the next-generation network system. RAN slicing focuses on splitting the substrate's resources into a set of self-contained programmable…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Tu N. Nguyen , Kashyab J. Ambarani , My T. Thai

As a promising paradigm to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, the cloud radio access network (C-RAN) has been shown to provide high spectral efficiency and energy efficiency. Motivated by its significant theoretical performance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-04-05 Mugen Peng , Yaohua Sun , Xuelong Li , Zhendong Mao , Chonggang Wang

The Radio Access Network (RAN) is evolving into a programmable and disaggregated infrastructure that increasingly relies on AI-native algorithms for optimization and closed-loop control. However, current RAN intelligence is still largely…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Ioannis Panitsas , Leandros Tassiulas

As a promising paradigm for fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems, cloud radio access networks (C-RANs) have been shown to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, as well as to provide high spectral efficiency (SE)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 M. Peng , C. Wang , V. Lau , H. V. Poor

High availability has always been one of the main problems for a data center. Till now high availability was achieved by host per host redundancy, a highly expensive method in terms of hardware and human costs. A new approach to the problem…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-05-03 Federico Calzolari , Silvia Arezzini , Alberto Ciampa , Enrico Mazzoni , Andrea Domenici , Gigliola Vaglini

Traditional data centers are designed with a rigid architecture of fit-for-purpose servers that provision resources beyond the average workload in order to deal with occasional peaks of data. Heterogeneous data centers are pushing towards…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2017-09-20 Carlos Vega , Jose Fernando Zazo , Hugo Meyer , Ferad Zyulkyarov , Sergio Lopez Buedo , Javier Aracil