Tornatore Massimo, Chang Gee-Kung, Ellinas Georgios (eds.) Fiber-Wireless Convergence in Next-Generation Communication Networks: Systems, Architectures, and Management

Springer, 2017. — 433 p.This book investigates new enabling technologies for Fi-Wi convergence.The editors discuss Fi-Wi technologies at the three major network levels involved in the path toward convergence: system level, network architecture level, and network management level. The main topics will be a. At the system level: Radio over Fiber (digitalized vs. analogic, standardization, E-band, and beyond) and 5G wireless technologies; b. Network architecture level: NGPON, WDM-PON, BBU Hotelling, Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs), HetNets. c. Network management level: SDN for convergence, Next-generation Point-of-Presence, Wi-Fi LTE Handover, Cooperative MultiPoint.Table of contents (14 chapters).
The Path Towards Convergence.
Front Matter.
Future Radio Access, Wi-Fi-LTE, LTE-Advanced: The Path to 5G.
Evolution and Trends of Broadband Access Technologies and Fiber-Wireless Systems.
The Benefits of Convergence Through Fiber-Wireless Integration and Networking.
Analog and Digitized Radio-over-Fiber.
Maurice Gagnaire.
Overview of Standardization for D-RoF.
Silvano Frigerio, Alberto Lometti, Vincenzo Sestito.
Wireless Delivery of over 100 Gb/s mm-Wave Signal in the W-band.
Jianjun Yu.
Systems Challenges for SDN in Fiber Wireless Networks.
Neda Cvijetic, Ting Wang.
Novel Network Architectures for Fi-Wi Networks.
Architectural Evolution and Novel Design of Fiber-Wireless Access Networks.
Advanced Architectures for PON Supporting Fi-Wi Convergence.
BBU Hotelling in Centralized Radio Access Networks.
Rethink Ring and Young: Green and Soft RAN for 5G.
Novel Management Strategies for Fi-Wi Networks.
Next-Generation PoP with Functional Convergence Redistributions.
Coordinated Multi-point (CoMP) Systems.
Converged Wireless Access/Optical Metro Networks in Support of Cloud and Mobile Cloud Services Deploying SDN Principles.