Flexible RAN : A Radio Access Network Concept with Flexible Functional Splits and a Programmable Optical Transport

• 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.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik -- Kommunikationssystem (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering -- Communication Systems (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Data- och informationsvetenskap (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Computer and Information Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Signal systems

Optical transport

Optical transport networks

Radio access networks

Transponder costs

Optical communication

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