This book provides an overview from both academic and industrial stakeholders of innovative backhaul/fronthaul solutions, covering a wide spectrum of underlying themes ranging from the recent thrust in edge caching for backhaul relaxation to mmWave based fronthauling for radio access networks.

All three editors are active on the IEEE ComSoc emerging technical committee on backhaul/fronthaul networking and communications: Dr Shakir is Chair, Professor Imran is Vice Chair - UK & IR, and Dr Zaidi is Secretary.

• Part I: Access Network
  
  
  • Chapter 1: Network densification
  
  
  • Chapter 2: Massive and network MIMO
  
  
  • Chapter 3: The role of massive MIMO in 5G access networks: potentials, challenges, and solutions
  
  
  • Chapter 4: Towards a service-oriented dynamic TDD for 5G networks
  
  
  • Chapter 5: Traffic aware scheduling for interference mitigation in cognitive femtocells
  
  
  • Chapter 6: 5G radio access for the Tactile Internet
  
  
  • Chapter 7: Fronthauling for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 8: Interference management and resource allocation in backhaul/access networks
  
  
  
  
  
• Part II: Fronthaul Networks
  
  
  • Chapter 9: Self-organised fronthauling for 5G and beyond
  
  
  • Chapter 10: NFV and SDN for fronthaul-based systems
  
  
  
  
  
• Part III: Backhaul Network
  
  
  • Chapter 11: Mobile backhaul evolution: from GSM to LTE-Advanced
  
  
  • Chapter 12: Wired vs wireless backhaul
  
  
  • Chapter 13: Spectral coexistence for next generation wireless backhaul networks
  
  
  • Chapter 14: Control data separation and its implications on backhaul networks
  
  
  • Chapter 15: Backhaul relaxation through caching
  
  
  
  
  
• Part IV: System Integration and Case Studies
  
  
  • Chapter 16: SDN and edge computing: key enablers toward the 5G evolution
  
  
  • Chapter 17: Low latency optical back- and front-hauling for 5G
  
  
  • Chapter 18: Fronthaul and backhaul integration (Crosshaul) for 5G mobile transport networks
  
  
  • Chapter 19: Device-to-device communication for 5G
  
  
  • Chapter 20: Coordinated multi-point for future networks: field trial results