TY - JOUR
TI - Wireless-optical network convergence: Enabling the 5G architecture to support operational and end-user services
AU - Tzanakaki, A.
AU - Anastasopoulos, M.
AU - Berberana, I.
AU - Syrivelis, D.
AU - Flegkas, P.
AU - Korakis, T.
AU - Mur, D.C.
AU - Demirkol, I.
AU - Gutierrez, J.
AU - Grass, E.
AU - Wei, Q.
AU - Pateromichelakis, E.
AU - Vucic, N.
AU - Fehske, A.
AU - Grieger, M.
AU - Eiselt, M.
AU - Bartelt, J.
AU - Fettweis, G.
AU - Lyberopoulos, G.
AU - Theodoropoulou, E.
AU - Simeonidou, D.
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
PY - 2017
VL - 55
TODO - 10
SP - 184-192
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
SN - 0163-6804, 1558-1896
TODO - 10.1109/MCOM.2017.1600643
TODO - 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
TODO - 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.
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