Access, fronthaul and backhaul networks for 5G & beyond

This book provides an overview from both academic and industrial stakeholders of innovative backhaul/fronthaul solutions, covering a wide spectrum of underlying themes ranging from the recent thrust in edge caching for backhaul relaxation to mmWave based fronthauling for radio access networks.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Imran, Muhammad Ali (Editor), Zaidi, Syed Ali Raza (Editor), Shakir, Muhammad Zeeshan (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017.
SeriesIET telecommunications series ; 74.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781785612145
178561214X
9781523112562
1523112565
9781785612138
1785612131
Physical Description1 online resource : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • About the editors
  • Preface
  • Part I
  • Access Network
  • Chapter 1 -Network densification
  • Chapter 2
  • Massive and network MIMO
  • Chapter 3
  • The role of massive MIMO in 5G access networks: potentials, challenges, and solutions
  • Chapter 4
  • Towards a service-oriented dynamic TDD for 5G networks
  • Chapter 5
  • Traffic aware scheduling for interference mitigation in cognitive femtocells
  • Chapter 6
  • 5G radio access for the Tactile Internet
  • Chapter 7
  • Fronthauling for 5G and beyond
  • Chapter 8
  • Interference management and resource allocation in backhaul/access networks
  • Part II
  • Fronthaul Networks
  • Chapter 9
  • Self-organised fronthauling for 5G and beyond
  • Chapter 10
  • NFV and SDN for fronthaul-based systems
  • Part III
  • Backhaul Network
  • Chapter 11
  • Mobile backhaul evolution: from GSM to LTE-Advanced
  • Chapter 12
  • Wired vs wireless backhaul
  • Chapter 13
  • Spectral coexistence for next generation wireless backhaul networks
  • Chapter 14 -Control data separation and its implicationson backhaul networks
  • Chapter 15
  • Backhaul relaxation through caching
  • Part IV
  • System Integration and Case Studies
  • Chapter 16
  • SDN and edge computing: key enablers toward the 5G evolution
  • Chapter 17
  • Low latency optical back- and front-haulingfor 5G
  • Chapter 18
  • Fronthaul and backhaul integration (Crosshaul) for 5G mobile transport networks
  • Chapter 19
  • Device-to-device communication for 5G
  • Chapter 20
  • Coordinated multi-point for future networks: field trial results
  • Index.