5G Radio Access Network Architecture: Design Guidelines and Key Considerations
5G Radio Access Network Architecture: Design Guidelines and Key Considerations
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DOI：
10.1109/mcom.2016.1600147cm
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发表时间：
2016-11
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11.2
通讯作者：
P. Marsch;I. D. Silva;Ö. Bulakci;M. Tesanovic;Salah Eddine El Ayoubi;T. Rosowski;A. Kaloxylos;M. Boldi
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作者：
P. Marsch;I. D. Silva;Ö. Bulakci;M. Tesanovic;Salah Eddine El Ayoubi;T. Rosowski;A. Kaloxylos;M. Boldi
虽然5G蜂窝通信支持的广泛应用已经明确，而且5G的标准化已经在3GPP中启动，但目前还没有关于5G RAN整体详细设计的结论。本文全面概述了5G RAN设计指南、关键设计考虑因素以及该领域主要参与者确定和开发的功能创新它描绘了5G设想的空中接口景观，并详细阐述了如何以具体控制和用户平面设计考虑因素的形式将其协调并集成到整体5G RAN中，以及网络切片的架构支持因素，支持公共基础设施上独立的业务驱动逻辑网络。本文还解释了5G RAN的关键功能设计考虑因素，强调了与LTE-A等遗留系统的区别以及总体RAN设计的含义。
While there is clarity on the wide range of applications that are to be supported by 5G cellular communications, and standardization of 5G has now started in 3GPP, there is no conclusion yet on the detailed design of the overall 5G RAN. This article provides a comprehensive overview of the 5G RAN design guidelines, key design considerations, and functional innovations as identified and developed by key players in the field.1 It depicts the air interface landscape that is envisioned for 5G, and elaborates on how this will likely be harmonized and integrated into an overall 5G RAN, in the form of concrete control and user plane design considerations and architectural enablers for network slicing, supporting independent business-driven logical networks on a common infrastructure. The article also explains key functional design considerations for the 5G RAN, highlighting the difference to legacy systems such as LTE-A and the implications of the overall RAN design.