Optical and wireless network convergence in 5G systems – an experimental approach
Paulo Marques, Alexandre Pereira do Carmo, Valerio Frascolla, Carlos Eduardo Felipe de Freitas Silva, Emanuel D. R. Sena, Raphael Braga, Joao Francisco Nunes Pinheiro, Carlos A. Astudillo, Tiago P. C. de Andrade, Eduardo S. Gama, Luiz F. Bittencourt, Leandro Aparecido Villas, Edmundo R. M. Madeira, Nelson L. S. da Fonseca, Cristiano Bonato Both, Gabriel Lando, Matias Schimuneck, Juliano Araújo Wickboldt, Ana P. V. Trevisan, Rafael de Jesus Martins · 2018
This paper provides a description of key results stemming from experiments conducted at the wireless/optical boundary. The main aim is to show the advantages of a converged optical/wireless network deployment, which uses very recent technologies like SDN, Virtualization, fog and cloud computing, and Radio-over fiber. The results are mainly taken out of an international collaborative research project called FUTEBOL (Federated Union of Telecommunications Research Facilities for an EU BrazilOpenLaboratory).