Introduction to the Special Issue on Optical Networking for 5G Mobile and Wireless Communications

Ioannis Tomkos, Frank Effenberger, and June-Koo Kevin Rhee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), FGM1-FGM4 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Geographical Constraint-Based Optimization Framework for C-RAN Design [Invited]

Shinobu Nanba, Naoki Agata, Naoya Nishi, and Kosuke Nishimura

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B61-B69 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Emerging Optical Access Network Technologies for 5G Wireless [Invited]

Xiang Liu and Frank Effenberger

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B70-B79 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Future Proof Optical Network Infrastructure for 5G Transport

Paola Iovanna, Fabio Cavaliere, Francesco Testa, Stefano Stracca, Giulio Bottari, Filippo Ponzini, Alberto Bianchi, and Roberto Sabella

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B80-B92 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Dynamic Virtual Network Connectivity Services to Support C-RAN Backhauling

Adrian Asensio, Marc Ruiz, Luis M. Contreras, and Luis Velasco

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B93-B103 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Bidirectional Fiber-Wireless Access Technology for 5G Mobile Spectral Aggregation and Cell Densification

Mu Xu, Jhih-Heng Yan, Junwen Zhang, Feng Lu, Jing Wang, Lin Cheng, Daniel Guidotti, and Gee-Kung Chang

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B104-B110 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Quasi-Passive Optical Infrastructure for Future 5G Wireless Networks: Pros and Cons

Apurva S. Gowda, Leonid G. Kazovsky, Ke Wang, and David Larrabeiti

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B111-B123 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Handover Reduction in Virtualized Cloud Radio Access Networks Using TWDM-PON Fronthaul

Xinbo Wang, Lin Wang, Cicek Cavdar, Massimo Tornatore, Gustavo B. Figueiredo, Hwan Seok Chung, Han Hyub Lee, Soomyung Park, and Biswanath Mukherjee

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B124-B134 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Switched Ethernet Fronthaul Architecture for Cloud-Radio Access Networks

Philippos Assimakopoulos, Mohamad Kenan Al-Hares, and Nathan J. Gomes

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), B135-B146 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Utilization Comparison of Small-Cell Accommodation With PON-Based Mobile Fronthaul

Yu Nakayama, Kazuki Maruta, Tatsuya Shimada, Tomoaki Yoshida, Jun Terada, and Akihiro Otaka

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), 919-927 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Correlation and Outage Probability of NLOS SIMO Optical Wireless Scattering Communication Channels Under Turbulence

Chen Gong, Boyang Huang, and Zhengyuan Xu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), 928-937 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Intelligent Bandwidth-Estimation Technique for Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing-Based Elastic Optical Networking

Hengying Xu, Yiqiao Feng, Jin Yuan, Xiaoguang Zhang, and Chenglin Bai

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), 938-946 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Transport-Layer Control to Increase Throughput in Bufferless Optical Packet-Switching Networks

Pablo Jesus Argibay-Losada, Gokhan Sahin, Kseniia Nozhnina, and Chunming Qiao

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), 947-961 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF

Delay-Aware Green Service Migration Schemes for Data Center Traffic

Suman Kr. Dey and Aneek Adhya

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 8(12), 962-976 (2016)  View: HTML | PDF