@article{3035651,
    title = "Wireless-optical network convergence: Enabling the 5G architecture to support operational and end-user services",
    author = "Tzanakaki, A. and Anastasopoulos, M. and Berberana, I. and Syrivelis, D. and Flegkas, P. and Korakis, T. and Mur, D.C. and Demirkol, I. and Gutierrez, J. and Grass, E. and Wei, Q. and Pateromichelakis, E. and Vucic, N. and Fehske, A. and Grieger, M. and Eiselt, M. and Bartelt, J. and Fettweis, G. and Lyberopoulos, G. and Theodoropoulou, E. and Simeonidou, D.",
    journal = "IEEE Communications Magazine",
    year = "2017",
    volume = "55",
    number = "10",
    pages = "184-192",
    publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)",
    issn = "0163-6804, 1558-1896",
    doi = "10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600643",
    keywords = "5G mobile communication systems;  Computer architecture;  Computer resource management;  Energy conservation;  Network architecture;  Optical communication;  Passive networks;  Wireless telecommunication systems, Mobile communications;  Numerical results;  Operational network;  Optical network units;  Resource management;  Wireless communications;  Wireless optical networks;  Wireless technologies, Passive optical networks",
    abstract = "This article presents a converged 5G network infrastructure and an overarching architecture to jointly support operational network and end-user services, proposed by the EU 5G PPP project 5G-XHaul. The 5G-XHaul infrastructure adopts a common fronthaul/backhaul network solution, deploying a wealth of wireless technologies and a hybrid active/passive optical transport, supporting flexible fronthaul split options. This infrastructure is evaluated through a novel modeling. Numerical results indicate significant energy savings at the expense of increased end-user service delay. © 2017 IEEE."
}