A 5G virtualized RAN based on NO stack

Jie Zeng, Xin Su*, Jinjin Gong, Liping Rong, Jing Wang

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Abstract

The virtualized radio access network (vRAN) could implement virtualized baseband functions on general-purpose platforms and expand the processing capacity of the radio access network (RAN) significantly. In this paper, a Not Only Stack (NO Stack) based vRAN is proposed to be employed in the fifth generation (5G) mobile communication system. It adopts advanced virtualization technologies to maintain flexible and sustainable. The baseband processing and storage resources should be sliced and orchestrated agilely to support multi radio access technology (multi- RAT). Also it is analyzed and demonstrated by different use cases to validate the benefits. The proposed vRAN reduces signaling overheads and service response time in the bearer establishment procedure. Concluded from the analyses and demonstrations, the NO Stack based vRAN could support multi-RAT convergence and flexible networking effectively.

Original languageEnglish
Article number7961375
Pages (from-to)199-208
Number of pages10
JournalChina Communications
Volume14
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • NO Stack
  • Network virtualization
  • Radio access network slice
  • Virtualized radio access network

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Zeng, J., Su, X., Gong, J., Rong, L., & Wang, J. (2017). A 5G virtualized RAN based on NO stack. China Communications, 14(6), 199-208. Article 7961375. https://doi.org/10.1109/CC.2017.7961375