NDLI: FluidNet: a flexible cloud-based radio access network for small cells

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Author	Rangarajan, Sampath Krishnamurthy, Srikanth V. Sundaresan, Karthikeyan Singh, Shailendra Arslan, Mustafa Y.
Copyright Year	2016
Description	Author Affiliation: NEC Laboratories America Inc., Mobile Communications and Networking, Princeton(Nec labs america, Broadband and Mobile Networking, Princeton (Rangarajan, Sampath; Krishnamurthy, Srikanth V.); University of california of riverside, Riverside (Singh, Shailendra; Arslan, Mustafa Y.); Sundaresan, Karthikeyan)
Abstract	Cloud-based radio access networks (C-RAN) have been proposed as a cost-efficient way of deploying small cells. Unlike conventional RANs, a C-RAN decouples the baseband processing unit (BBU) from the remote radio head (RRH), allowing for centralized operation of BBUs and scalable deployment of light-weight RRHs as small cells. In this work, we argue that the intelligent configuration of the front-haul network between the BBUs and RRHs, is essential in delivering the performance and energy benefits to the RAN and the BBU pool, respectively. We propose $\textit{FluidNet}---a$ scalable, light-weight framework for realizing the full potential of C-RAN. $\textit{FluidNet}$ deploys a logically re-configurable front-haul to apply appropriate transmission strategies in different parts of the network and hence cater effectively to both heterogeneous user profiles and dynamic traffic load patterns. $\textit{FluidNet}'s$ algorithms determine configurations that maximize the traffic demand satisfied on the RAN, while simultaneously optimizing the compute resource usage in the BBU pool. We prototype $\textit{FluidNet}$ on a 6 BBU, 6 RRH WiMAX C-RAN testbed. Prototype evaluations and large-scale simulations reveal that $\textit{FluidNet}'s$ ability to re-configure its front-haul and tailor transmission strategies provides a 50% improvement in satisfying traffic demands, while reducing the compute resource usage in the BBU pool by 50% compared to baseline schemes.
Starting Page	915
Ending Page	928
Page Count	14
File Format	PDF
ISSN	10636692
Volume Number	24
Issue Number	2
Journal	IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking (TON)
Language	English
Publisher	Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Publisher Date	2016-04-01
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	DAS FFR Cellular Cloud RAN Front-haul
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Computer Networks and Communications Software Computer Science Applications

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