Jungnickel, Volker and Habel, Kai and Parker, Michael and Walker, Stuart and Bock, Carlos and Riera, Jordi Ferrer and Marques, Victor and Levi, David (2014) Software-defined open architecture for front- and backhaul in 5G mobile networks. In: 2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014-07-06 - 2014-07-10.
Jungnickel, Volker and Habel, Kai and Parker, Michael and Walker, Stuart and Bock, Carlos and Riera, Jordi Ferrer and Marques, Victor and Levi, David (2014) Software-defined open architecture for front- and backhaul in 5G mobile networks. In: 2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014-07-06 - 2014-07-10.
Jungnickel, Volker and Habel, Kai and Parker, Michael and Walker, Stuart and Bock, Carlos and Riera, Jordi Ferrer and Marques, Victor and Levi, David (2014) Software-defined open architecture for front- and backhaul in 5G mobile networks. In: 2014 16th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014-07-06 - 2014-07-10.
Abstract
New software-defined open network concepts are proposed in this paper to enable an efficient implementation of front- and backhaul solutions for future 5G mobile networks. Main requirements for 5G front- and backhaul are derived and then related to the open network architecture enabling multiple operators to share the same physical infrastructure. The value of software-defined networking (SDN) is particularly outlined therefore. For the use of SDN in the fronthaul, CPRI over Ethernet (CoE) is proposed as a new transport protocol. In the backhaul, distributed security can be implemented using SDN where direct links are confined inside the access domain, as opposed to the current centralized security solution including also the transport domain. In this way, low latency can be realized e.g. for machine-type communications. As the benefits for fixed-mobile convergence are evident, SDN should be enabled increasingly in the access domain. © 2014 IEEE.
Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Additional Information: | Published proceedings: International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | software-defined networks; mobile front-and backhaul; open access; CPRI over Ethernet; low latency; distributed security |
Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
Divisions: | Faculty of Science and Health Faculty of Science and Health > Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, School of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2015 09:47 |
Last Modified: | 12 Sep 2024 21:45 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/14582 |
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