Backhauling/Fronthauling for Future Wireless Systems

The recent widespread use of mobile Internet together with the advent of numerous smart applications has led to the explosive growth of the mobile data traffic in the last few years. This momentum of mobile traffic will continue due to the emerging needs of connecting people, machines, and applications through mobile infrastructure. As a result, the current and projected dramatic growth of mobile data traffic necessitates the development of fifth-generation (5G) mobile communications technology. As a result, there is significant interest in the development of innovative backhaul and fronthaul solutions for ultra-dense heterogeneous networks.

This book brings together mobile stakeholders from academia and industry to identify and promote technical challenges and recent results related to smart backhaul/fronthaul research for future communication system such as 5G. Moreover, it presents a comprehensive analysis on different types of backhaul/fronthaul technology and topology. It considers already available topology for backhauling/fronthauling and explains all fundamental requirements for deploying future smart and efficient backhauling/fronthauling infrastructure from an architectural, technical and business point of view and presents real life applications and use cases. Expanding on standardization activities, this book consists of multiple channels on specific research topics. The chapters are logically organized as the authors approach the subject from overview to specifics and from a lower to higher layer direction.

Kazi Mohammed Saidul Huq, Senior Research Engineer, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal. Kazi Mohammed Saidul Huq received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal, in 2014.  His research activities include fifth-generation (5G), energy-efficient wireless communication, Backhaul/Fronthaul, radio resource management. He has been involved in several EC R&D Projects in the field of green communication and next generation wireless systems. He has been also involved in one Portuguese funded projects (BENEFIC) in the area of networking coding and development of system level simulator for 5G wireless system.

Jonathan Rodriguez Gonzalez, Senior Research Engineer & Group Leader, Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal. Jonathan Rodriguez received the Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey, Surrey, U.K., in 2004. He was the Project Coordinator and the Technical Manager of, respectively, the FP7 C2POWER and the FP7 COGEU projects and currently acts as a coordinator of several national and international projects. He is the author of more than 300 scientific publications and has carried out consultancy for major manufacturers participating in DVB-T/H and HS-UPA standardization. His research interests include green communications, network coding, cognitive radio, cooperative networking, radio resource management, and cross-layer design. Dr. Rodriguez is a Chartered Engineer (Institution of Engineering and Technology) and has served as a General Chair for several prestigious conferences and workshops.