Cloud Radio Access Networks
Principles, Technologies, and Applications

The first book on Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs), covering fundamental theory, current techniques, and potential applications.

Tony Q. S. Quek (Edited by), Mugen Peng (Edited by), Osvaldo Simeone (Edited by), Wei Yu (Edited by)

9781107142664, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 2 February 2017

498 pages, 155 b/w illus.
25.3 x 18.2 x 2.7 cm, 1.14 kg

'This is the first book that covers the fundamental theory, current techniques, and applications of cloud radio access networks. The coverage is balanced and the topics are very timely … This book should be essential reading for graduate students, engineers, and researchers who are interested in exploring this important field of wireless communication research.' Zhi-Quan Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

This unique text will enable readers to understand the fundamental theory, current techniques, and potential applications of Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs). Leading experts from academia and industry provide a guide to all of the key elements of C-RANs, including system architecture, performance analysis, technologies in both physical and medium access control layers, self-organizing and green networking, standards development, and standardization perspectives. Recent developments in the field are covered, as well as open research challenges and possible future directions. The first book to focus exclusively on Cloud Radio Access Networks, this is essential reading for engineers in academia and industry working on future wireless networks.

Part I. Architecture of C-RAN: 1. Overview of C-RAN Chih-Lin I, Jinri Huang and Ran Duan
2. Advanced C-RAN for heterogeneous network Sadayuki Abeta, Wuri A. Hapsari and Kazuaki Takeda
Part II. Physical Layer Design in C-RAN: 3. The trade-off of computational complexity and achievable rates in C-RAN Peter Rost, Matthew C. Valenti, Salvatore Talarico and Andreas Maeder
4. Cooperative beamforming and resource optimization in C-RAN Wei Yu, Pratik Patil, Binbin Dai and Yuhan Zhou
5. Training design and channel estimation in C-RANs Mugen Peng, Zhendong Mao, Yourrong Ban and Di Chen
6. Massive MIMO in C-RANs Shi Jin, Jun Zhang, Kai-Kit Wong and Hongbo Zhu
7. Large-scale convex optimization for C-RANs Yuanming Shi, Jun Zhang, Khaled B. Letaief, Bo Bai and Wei Chen
8. Fronthaul compression in C-RANs Osvaldo Simeone, Seok-Hwan Park, Onur Sahin and Shlomo Shamai (Shitz)
9. Adaptive compression in C-RANs Thang X. Vu, Tony Q. S. Quek and Hieu D. Nguyen
Part III. Resource Allocation and Networking in C-RAN: 10. Resource management of heterogeneous C-RAN Shao-Yu Lien, Shao-Chou Hung, Chih-Hsiu Zeng, Hsiang Hsu, Qimei Cui and Kwang-Cheng Chen
11. Coordinated scheduling in C-RANs Ahmed Douik, Hayssam Dahrouj, Oussama Dhifallah, Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri and Mohamed-Slim Alouini
12. Delay-aware radio resource allocation optimization in heterogeneous C-RANs Mugen Peng, Jian Li, Hongyu Xiang and Yuling Yu
13. C-RAN using wireless fronthaul: fast admission control and large system analysis Jian Zhao, Tony Q. S. Quek and Zhongding Lei
14. Toward green deployment and operation for C-RAN Sheng Zhou, Jingchu Liu, Tao Zhao and Zhisheng Niu
15. Optimal repeated spectrum sharing by delay-sensitive users Yuanzhang Xiao and Mihaela van der Schaar
Part IV. Networking in C-RAN: 16. Mobility management for C-RANs Haijun Zhang, Julian Cheng and Victor C. M. Leung
17. Caching in C-RAN Kenza Hamidouche, Walid Saad and Merouane Debbah
18. A cloud service model and architecture for small-cell RAN Sau-Hsuan Wu, Hsi-Lu Chao, Hsin-Li Chiu, Chun-Hsien Ko, Yun-Ting Li, Ting-Wei Chang, Tong-Lun Tsai and Che Chen
19. Field trials and testbed design for C-RAN Chih-Lin I, Jinri Huang, Min Yan and Xiaogen Jiang.

Subject Areas: Signal processing [UYS], WAP [wireless technology TJKW]