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Passive optical network (PON) technology offers an attractive cost-efficient alternative to support 5G and Beyond 5G mobile network fronthauling (MFH). However, MFH for such networks is challenging given its high bandwidth and strict…
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With the emergence of Cloud-RAN as one of the dominant architectural solutions for next-generation mobile networks, the reliability and latency on the fronthaul (FH) segment become critical performance metrics for applications such as the…
The ubiquitous expansion and transformation of the energy supply system involves large-scale power infrastructure construction projects. In the view of investments of more than a million dollars per kilometre, planning authorities aim to…
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The introduction of 5G networks has significantly advanced communication technology, offering faster speeds, lower latency, and greater capacity. This progress sets the stage for Beyond 5G (B5G) networks, which present new complexity and…
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Routing of the nets in Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) design flow is one of the most time consuming steps. Although Versatile Place and Route (VPR), which is a commonly used algorithm for this purpose, routes effectively, it is slow…
We study the shipper-side design of large-scale inbound transportation networks, motivated by the global supply chain of the carmaker Renault. We formalize the Shipper Transportation Planning Problem (STPP), which integrates discrete flow…
The fronthaul (FH) is an indispensable enabler for 5G networks. However, the classical fronthauling method demands for large bandwidth, low latency, and tightly synchronized on the transport network, and only allows for point-to-point…