Title :
Handover reduction via mobility-prediction-based VPON formation in optical-access-enabled cloud-RAN
Author :
Xinbo Wang ; Thota, Saigopal ; Tornatore, Massimo ; Sang-Soo Lee ; Han-Hyub Lee ; Soomyung Park ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Next-generation radio-access networks will experience excessive handover due to shrinking cell sizes (to support more users) and increasing user mobility. We form Virtual Passive Optical Network (VPON) using mobility-prediction information to reduce handovers in CRAN.
Keywords :
mobility management (mobile radio); next generation networks; passive optical networks; CRAN; VPON formation; handover reduction; mobility prediction; next generation radio access networks; optical access enabled cloud RAN; virtual passive optical network; Computer architecture; Handover; Microprocessors; Mobile communication; Passive optical networks; Radio access networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
