OpenRAN: A Software-defined RAN Architecture Via Virtualization

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作者
Yang, Mao [1 ]
Li, Yong [1 ]
Jin, Depeng [1 ]
Su, Li [1 ]
Ma, Shaowu [2 ]
Zeng, Lieguang [1 ]
机构
[1] Tsinghua Univ, Dept Elect Engn, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
[2] Res Inst China Unicom, Beijing 100084, Peoples R China
关键词
Design; Software-defined network; wireless virtualization; radio access network; DELAY-TOLERANT NETWORKS;
D O I
10.1145/2534169.2491732
中图分类号
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号
0812 ;
摘要
With the rapid growth of the demands for mobile data, wireless network faces several challenges, such as lack of efficient interconnection among heterogeneous wireless networks, and shortage of customized QoS guarantees between services. The fundamental reason for these challenges is that the radio access network (RAN) is closed and ossified. We propose OpenRAN, an architecture for software-defined RAN via virtualization. It achieves complete virtualization and programmability vertically, and benefits the convergence of heterogeneous network horizontally. It provides open, controllable, flexible and evolvable wireless networks.
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页码:549 / 550
页数:2
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