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Evaluating C-RAN Fronthaul Functional Splits in Terms of Network Level Energy and Cost Savings

  • Checko, Aleksandra;Avramova, Andrijana P.;Berger, Michael S.;Christiansen, Henrik L.
    • Journal of Communications and Networks
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    • v.18 no.2
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    • pp.162-172
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    • 2016
  • The placement of the complete baseband processing in a centralized pool results in high data rate requirement and inflexibility of the fronthaul network, which challenges the energy and cost effectiveness of the cloud radio access network (C-RAN). Recently, redesign of the C-RAN through functional split in the baseband processing chain has been proposed to overcome these challenges. This paper evaluates, by mathematical and simulation methods, different splits with respect to network level energy and cost efficiency having in the mind the expected quality of service. The proposed mathematical model quantifies the multiplexing gains and the trade-offs between centralization and decentralization concerning the cost of the pool, fronthaul network capacity and resource utilization. The event-based simulation captures the influence of the traffic load dynamics and traffic type variation on designing an efficient fronthaul network. Based on the obtained results, we derive a principle for fronthaul dimensioning based on the traffic profile. This principle allows for efficient radio access network with respect to multiplexing gains while achieving the expected users' quality of service.

Genetic algorithm-based content distribution strategy for F-RAN architectures

  • Li, Xujie;Wang, Ziya;Sun, Ying;Zhou, Siyuan;Xu, Yanli;Tan, Guoping
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.41 no.3
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    • pp.348-357
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    • 2019
  • Fog radio access network (F-RAN) architectures provide markedly improved performance compared to conventional approaches. In this paper, an efficient genetic algorithm-based content distribution scheme is proposed that improves the throughput and reduces the transmission delay of a F-RAN. First, an F-RAN system model is presented that includes a certain number of randomly distributed fog access points (F-APs) that cache popular content from cloud and other sources. Second, the problem of efficient content distribution in F-RANs is described. Third, the details of the proposed optimal genetic algorithm-based content distribution scheme are presented. Finally, simulation results are presented that show the performance of the proposed algorithm rapidly approaches the optimal throughput. When compared with the performance of existing random and exhaustive algorithms, that of the proposed method is demonstrably superior.

Resource Management in 5G Mobile Networks: Survey and Challenges

  • Chien, Wei-Che;Huang, Shih-Yun;Lai, Chin-Feng;Chao, Han-Chieh
    • Journal of Information Processing Systems
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    • v.16 no.4
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    • pp.896-914
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    • 2020
  • With the rapid growth of network traffic, a large number of connected devices, and higher application services, the traditional network is facing several challenges. In addition to improving the current network architecture and hardware specifications, effective resource management means the development trend of 5G. Although many existing potential technologies have been proposed to solve the some of 5G challenges, such as multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), software-defined networking (SDN), network functions virtualization (NFV), edge computing, millimeter-wave, etc., research studies in 5G continue to enrich its function and move toward B5G mobile networks. In this paper, focusing on the resource allocation issues of 5G core networks and radio access networks, we address the latest technological developments and discuss the current challenges for resource management in 5G.

Throughput Enhancement of C-RAN based on Adaptive Frequency Reuse

  • Lin, Zhi-feng;Joe, Inwhee
    • Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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    • 2016.04a
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    • pp.83-85
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    • 2016
  • C-RAN (Cloud Radio Access Network) structure is the most popular approach for 5G stander, it employs CoMP (Coordinated Multiple Points Transmission/Reception) to enhance frequency utilization and increase throughput for cell-edge users. C-RAN mainly includes two parts: baseband units (BBU) and remote radio heads (RRH). In this paper we propose a new resource block allocation (spectrum allocation) scheme by the permutation and combination of BBUs, and we also use the CoMP (Coordinated Multiple Points Transmission/Reception) technique according to the different environment to improve the spectrum utilization and reduce resource waste in different environment. The simulation results expound that the scheme significantly enhances throughput and improves the spectrum utilization.

A Resource Allocation Method for Supporting Multiple Sessions in a Mobile Terminal during Handover (핸드오버 시 이동 단말기에서 다중 세션 지원을 위한 자원 할당 방안)

  • Lee, Moon-Ho;Lee, Jong-Chan
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.17 no.6
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    • pp.57-66
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    • 2012
  • LTE-Advanced network will form the high-speed IP backbone in collaboration with heterogeneous radio access networks for dynamic optimized resource utilization. In order to implement more innovative and attractive services such as U-Cloud streaming, LBS and mobile smart TV, a mobile terminal needs to support multiple sessions simultaneously. Efficient resource allocation schemes are necessary to maintain QoS of multiple sessions because service continuity may be defected by delay and information loss during handover. This paper proposes a resource allocation scheme to accommodate multiple sessions in a mobile terminal on handover period based on session priority mechanism. Simulation is focused on the forced termination probability of handover sessions. Simulation results show that our proposed method provides a better performance than the conventional method.

6G in the sky: On-demand intelligence at the edge of 3D networks (Invited paper)

  • Strinati, Emilio Calvanese;Barbarossa, Sergio;Choi, Taesang;Pietrabissa, Antonio;Giuseppi, Alessandro;De Santis, Emanuele;Vidal, Josep;Becvar, Zdenek;Haustein, Thomas;Cassiau, Nicolas;Costanzo, Francesca;Kim, Junhyeong;Kim, Ilgyu
    • ETRI Journal
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    • v.42 no.5
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    • pp.643-657
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    • 2020
  • Sixth generation will exploit satellite, aerial, and terrestrial platforms jointly to improve radio access capability and unlock the support of on-demand edge cloud services in three-dimensional (3D) space, by incorporating mobile edge computing (MEC) functionalities on aerial platforms and low-orbit satellites. This will extend the MEC support to devices and network elements in the sky and forge a space-borne MEC, enabling intelligent, personalized, and distributed on-demand services. End users will experience the impression of being surrounded by a distributed computer, fulfilling their requests with apparently zero latency. In this paper, we consider an architecture that provides communication, computation, and caching (C3) services on demand, anytime, and everywhere in 3D space, integrating conventional ground (terrestrial) base stations and flying (non-terrestrial) nodes. Given the complexity of the overall network, the C3 resources and management of aerial devices need to be jointly orchestrated via artificial intelligence-based algorithms, exploiting virtualized network functions dynamically deployed in a distributed manner across terrestrial and non-terrestrial nodes.

The Study on the Design and Optimization of Storage for the Recording of High Speed Astronomical Data (초고속 관측 데이터 수신 및 저장을 위한 기록 시스템 설계 및 성능 최적화 연구)

  • Song, Min-Gyu;Kang, Yong-Woo;Kim, Hyo-Ryoung
    • The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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    • v.12 no.1
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    • pp.75-84
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    • 2017
  • It becomes more and more more important for the storage that supports high speed recording and stable access from network environment. As one field of basic science which produces massive astronomical data, VLBI(: Very Long Baseline Interferometer) is now demanding more data writing performance and which is directly related to astronomical observation with high resolution and sensitivity. But most of existing storage are cloud model based for the high throughput of general IT, finance, and administrative service, and therefore it not the best choice for recording of big stream data. Therefore, in this study, we design storage system optimized for high performance of I/O and concurrency. To solve this problem, we implement packet read and writing module through the use of libpcap and pf_ring API on the multi core CPU environment, and build a scalable storage based on software RAID(: Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) for the efficient process of incoming data from external network.