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Resource Management in Converged Optical and Millimeter Wave Radio Networks: A Review
Three convergent processes are likely to shape the future of the internet beyond-5G: The convergence of optical and millimeter wave radio networks to boost mobile internet capacity, the convergence of machine learning solutions and communication technologies, and the convergence of virtualized and programmable network management mechanisms towards fully integrated autonomic network resource management. The integration of network virtualization technologies creates the incentive to customize and dynamically manage the resources of a network, making network functions, and storage capabilities at the edge key resources similar to the available bandwidth in network communication channels. Aiming to understand the relationship between resource management, virtualization, and the dense 5G access and fronthaul with an emphasis on converged radio and optical communications, this article presents a review of how resource management solutions have dealt with optimizing millimeter wave radio and optical resources from an autonomic network management perspective. A research agenda is also proposed by identifying current state-of-the-art solutions and the need to shift all the convergent issues towards building an advanced resource management mechanism for beyond-5G
IEEE Access special section editorial: optical wireless technologies for 5G communications and beyond
Wide bandwidth and dense spatial reuse are of extreme importance for future wireless communication networks, including 5G and beyond. In particular, these properties are important to enable future wireless networks to cope with the explosive increase in the demand for high data-rate communications. Optical wireless communications (OWC) is a promising technology for achieving this goal due to the abundant reusable license-free optical spectrum. This potential of OWC attracted significant global attention both from communications and optoelectronics viewpoints, and continues to do so
40 Gbps Access for Metro networks: Implications in terms of Sustainability and Innovation from an LCA Perspective
In this work, the implications of new technologies, more specifically the new
optical FTTH technologies, are studied both from the functional and
non-functional perspectives. In particular, some direct impacts are listed in
the form of abandoning non-functional technologies, such as micro-registration,
which would be implicitly required for having a functioning operation before
arrival the new high-bandwidth access technologies. It is shown that such
abandonment of non-functional best practices, which are mainly at the
management level of ICT, immediately results in additional consumption and
environmental footprint, and also there is a chance that some other new
innovations might be 'missed.' Therefore, unconstrained deployment of these
access technologies is not aligned with a possible sustainable ICT picture,
except if they are regulated. An approach to pricing the best practices,
including both functional and non-functional technologies, is proposed in order
to develop a regulation and policy framework for a sustainable broadband
access.Comment: 10 pages, 6 Tables, 1 Figure. Accepted to be presented at the
ICT4S'15 Conferenc
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