5G-crosshaul: an SDN/NFV integrated fronthaul/backhaul transport network architecture Articles uri icon

authors

  • COSTA PÉREZ, XAVIER
  • GARCIA SAAVEDRA, ANDRES
  • LI, XI
  • DEISS, THOMAS
  • OLIVA DELGADO, ANTONIO DE LA
  • DI GIGLIO, ANDREA
  • IOVANNA, PAOLA
  • MOURAD, ALAIN

publication date

  • February 2017

start page

  • 38

end page

  • 45

issue

  • 1

volume

  • 24

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1536-1284

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1558-0687

abstract

  • This article proposes an innovative architecture design for a 5G transport solution (dubbed 5G-Crosshaul) targeting the integration of existing and new fronthaul and backhaul technologies and interfaces. At the heart of the proposed design lie an SDN/NFV-based management and orchestration entity (XCI), and an Ethernet-based packet forwarding entity (XFE) supporting various fronthaul and backhaul traffic QoS profiles. The XCI lever-ages widespread architectural frameworks for NFV (ETSI NFV) and SDN (Open Daylight and ONOS). It opens the 5G transport network as a service for innovative network applications on top (e.g., multi-tenancy, resource management), provisioning the required network and IT resources in a flexible, cost-effective, and abstract manner. The proposed design supports the concept of network slicing pushed by the industry for realizing a truly flexible, sharable, and cost-effective future 5G system.

subjects

  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • 5g transport network; sdn nfv integrated fronthaul-backhaul transport network architecture; 5g-crosshaul; xci; ethernet-based packet forwarding entity; xfe; qos profiles