2018 IEEE Global Communications Conference: Workshops: IEEE Workshop on Next Generation Backhaul/Fronthaul Networks Program
Thursday, December 13 | |
8:30 ‑ 8:50 am | |
8:50 ‑ 9:10 am | BackNets-K2: Keynote Speaker 2: Fronthauling in cloud-RAN |
9:10 ‑ 9:30 am | BackNets-K3: Keynote Speaker 3: Self-organizing networks in a new ecosystem |
9:30 ‑ 10:00 am | BackNets-S1: Technical Papers: Backhaul/fronthaul architecture |
10:00 ‑ 10:30 am | |
10:30 ‑ 10:50 am | BackNets-K4: Keynote Speaker 4: 5G mobile platforms for industry verticals |
10:50 ‑ 11:10 am | BackNets-K5: Keynote Speaker 5: Machine intelligence for network management |
11:10 ‑ 11:30 am | BackNets-K6: Keynote Speaker 6: Next Generation Networks in 2030 and Beyond |
11:30 am ‑ 12:00 pm | BackNets-S2: Technical paper: Backhaul/fronthaul technologies |
Thursday, December 13
Thursday, December 13 8:30 - 8:50
BackNets-K1: Keynote Speaker 1: 5G deployment strategy: architecture and key technologies
Merouane Debbah - Huawei, France
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 8:50 - 9:10
BackNets-K2: Keynote Speaker 2: Fronthauling in cloud-RAN
Wei Yu - U. of Toronto, Canada
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 9:10 - 9:30
BackNets-K3: Keynote Speaker 3: Self-organizing networks in a new ecosystem
Markus Gruber - Nokia, DE/Stuttgart
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 9:30 - 10:00
BackNets-S1: Technical Papers: Backhaul/fronthaul architecture
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Muhammad Ali Imran (University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- UAV-Assisted 5G Network Architecture with Slicing and Virtualization
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George K Xilouris (NCSR Demokritos, Greece); Michael C Batistatos, Georgia E. Athanasiadou and George Tsoulos (University of Peloponnese, Greece); Haris Bin Pervaiz (Lancaster University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Charilaos Zarakovitis (National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos, Greece)
- Robust Beamforming for Cache-Enabled Cloud Radio Access Networks
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Oussama Dhifallah (Harvard University, USA); Hayssam Dahrouj (Effat University, Canada); Tareq Y. Al-Naffouri (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, USA); Mohamed-Slim Alouini (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia)
- Cross-Layer Offloading in Fog-RANs using Device Cooperation and Network Coding
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Kameliya Kaneva and Neda Aboutorab (University of New South Wales, Australia); Sameh Sorour (University of Idaho, USA); Mark C Reed (University of New South Wales, Australia)
Thursday, December 13 10:30 - 10:50
BackNets-K4: Keynote Speaker 4: 5G mobile platforms for industry verticals
Xavier Costa - NEC, Germany
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 10:50 - 11:10
BackNets-K5: Keynote Speaker 5: Machine intelligence for network management
Henrik Ryden - Ericson Research, Sweden
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 11:10 - 11:30
BackNets-K6: Keynote Speaker 6: Next Generation Networks in 2030 and Beyond
Hesham ElBakoury - Huawei, US
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
Thursday, December 13 11:30 - 12:00
BackNets-S2: Technical paper: Backhaul/fronthaul technologies
Room: Conference Hall B: Part C
Chair: Syed Ali Raza Zaidi (University of Leeds, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
- Wideband Hybrid Precoding for Next-Generation Backhaul/Fronthaul Based on mmWave FD-MIMO
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Yiwei Sun, Zhen Gao and Hua Wang (Beijing Institute of Technology, P.R. China); Di Wu (China Academy of Information and Communications Technology, P.R. China)
- New MMSE Downlink Channel Estimation for Sub-6 GHz Non-line-of-sight Backhaul
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Abdellah Chehri (Université du Québec à Chicoutimi (UQAC), Canada); Hussein Mouftah (University of Ottawa, Canada)
- Cost Saving Analysis in Capacity-Constrained C-RAN Fronthaul
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Jay Chaudhary (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany); Jim Zou (ADVA Optical Networking, Germany); Gerhard Fettweis (Technische Universität Dresden, Germany)