Javier Lorca

TL;DR: This article presents the network slicing concept, with a particular focus on its application to 5G systems, and analyzes a proposal from ETSI to incorporate the capabilities of SDN into the NFV architecture.

TL;DR: An overview of the NR system multi-beam operation in terms of initial access procedures and mechanisms associated with synchronization, system information, and random access and some of the user-centric coordinated transmission mechanisms envisioned in NR are described in order to realize seamless intra/inter-cell handover between physical transmission and reception points and reduce the interference levels across the network.

TL;DR: A possible architecture for QoE-driven resource control for long-term evolution (LTE) and LTE-advanced networks, including a selection of KPIs to be monitored in different network elements is described.

TL;DR: A lossless compression technique is explored for LTE and LTE-Advanced wireless networks where actual compression ratios depend upon the resources occupancy, thereby allowing for statistical multiplexing in the aggregation network which translates into significant cost reductions.

TL;DR: The most promising solutions identified in the METIS project for the most relevant network layer challenges of cell densification: resource, interference and mobility management are analyzed and presented.