Access, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G & Beyond

Auteur

All three editors are active on the IEEE ComSoc emerging technical committee on backhaul/fronthaul networking and communications: Dr Shakir is Chair, Professor Imran is Vice Chair - UK & IR, and Dr Zaidi is Secretary.

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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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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 implications on 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-hauling for 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