SDN-enabled C-RAN: An intelligent radio access network architecture

Wencheng He, Jinjin Gong, Xin Su, Jie Zeng, Xibin Xu, Limin Xiao

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Abstract

With the development of wireless access technology and mobile internet, the demand of network traffic is growing rapidly. Traditional radio access network can not satisfy the requirement of ever growing capacity. C-RAN (Cloud-Radio Access Network) is a novel radio access network1 architecture which can support growing users' needs. In C-RAN architecture, BBUs (Base Band Units) decouple from RRHs (Remote Radio Heads) and are centralized and shared among RRHs in BBU pool. RRHs can be flexibly and densely arranged to increase network capacity. But the deployment of dense network brings great pressure to network management. The current C-RAN architecture can not effectively deal with the changes of network station caused by users' mobility. The SDN technology can simplify and optimize the network management. Hence we propose a SDN-enabled C-RAN architecture, it can intelligently and dynamically build RAN under the control of SDN controller. And we put forward a use case to briefly describe the working procedure.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationNew Advances in Information Systems and Technologies
EditorsAlvaro Rocha, Hojjat Adeli, Luis Paulo Reis, Ana Maria Correia, Luis Paulo Reis, Marcelo Mendonca Teixeira, Luis Paulo Reis
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages311-316
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9783319313061
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Externally publishedYes
EventWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2016 - Recife, Brazil
Duration: 22 Mar 201624 Mar 2016

Publication series

NameAdvances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume445
ISSN (Print)2194-5357

Conference

ConferenceWorld Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, WorldCIST 2016
Country/TerritoryBrazil
CityRecife
Period22/03/1624/03/16

Keywords

  • C-RAN
  • Intelligence
  • Network management
  • SDN

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