Impact of RAN Virtualization on Fronthaul Latency Budget: An Experimental Evaluation

• Published in: GC Wkshps : proceedings : 2017 IEEE Globecom Workshops : Singapore, 4-8 December 2017 pp. 1 - 5
• Main Authors: Giannone, F., Gupta, H., Kondepu, K., Manicone, D., Franklin, A., Castoldi, P., Valcarenghi, L.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.12.2017
• Subjects: 3GPP; 5G mobile communication; Bandwidth; Delays; Jitter; Radio access networks; Virtualization

In 3GPP the architecture of a New Radio Access Network (New RAN) has been defined where the evolved NodeB (eNB) functions can be split between a Distributed Unit (DU) and Central Unit (CU). Furthermore, in the virtual RAN (VRAN) approach, such functions can be virtualized (e.g., in simple terms, dep...