Imran M.A., Zaidi S.A.R., Shakir M.Z. (Eds.) Access, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G and Beyond

The Institution of Engineering and Technology, 2017. — 582 p. — (IET Telecommunications Series 74) — ISBN: 1785612131.The widespread use of mobile internet and smart applications has led to an explosive growth in mobile data traffic, which will continue due to the emerging need of connecting people, machines, and applications in an ubiquitous manner through the mobile frastructure.
The efficient and satisfactory operation of all these densely-deployed networks hinges on a suitable backhaul and fronthaul provisioning. The research community is working to provide innovative technologies with extensive performance evaluation metrics along with the required standardisation milestones, hardware and components for a fully deployed network by 2020 and beyond. Access, Fronthaul and Backhaul Networks for 5G & Beyond 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, this book is essential reading for engineers, researchers, designers, architects, technicians, students and service providers in the field of networking, mobile and wireless and computing technologies working towards the deployment of 5G networks.Access Network
Network densification
Massive and network MIMO
The role of massive MIMO in 5G access networks: potentials, challenges, and solutions
Towards a service-oriented dynamic TDD for 5G networks
Traffic aware scheduling for interference mitigation in cognitive femtocells
5G radio access for the Tactile Internet
Fronthauling for 5G and beyond
Interference management and resource allocation in backhaul/access networks
Fronthaul Networks
Self-organised fronthauling for 5G and beyond
NFV and SDN for fronthaul-based systems
Backhaul Network
Mobile backhaul evolution: from GSM to LTE-Advanced
Wired vs wireless backhaul
Spectral coexistence for next generation wireless backhaul networks
Control data separation and its implications on backhaul networks
Backhaul relaxation through caching
System Integration and Case Studies
SDN and edge computing: key enablers toward the 5G evolution
Low latency optical back- and front-hauling for 5G
Fronthaul and backhaul integration (Crosshaul) for 5G mobile transport networks
Device-to-device communication for 5G
Coordinated multi-point for future networks: field trial results