Resource Optimization and Simulative Performance Evaluation of Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RAN)
In cloud radio access network (C-RAN) the baseband processing unit (BBU) is
removed from the base stations (BS) and moved to a central location, allowing the
sharing of resources, while the BSs only accommodate the remote radio head (RRH).
In this technique the radio signals from a specific RRH may be processed by a
virtual BS, which is allocated from a large physical BBU pool in order to provide
flexibility to the C-RAN, while also allowing more energy efficient compliance
with varying traffic. The allocation of the workload between the processing units
needs to be such that optimum efficiency is achieved, e.g., overuse of a single
unit may lead to rise in temperature and degrade its performance. The aim of this
project is to model the pool of processing units and optimize their performance
under varying traffic.
The performance of the system will be investigated and evaluated in Matlab or
C++. In this project students are required to develop a graphical interface to
represent the processing load on each central processing unit (CPU) within C-RAN
as well as implementation of the optimization problem.
Dates
The first meeting for the institute project is on Wednesday, 26.04.17, 2 p.m., in ICT cubes Room 333.
Materials
Contact Person:
M.Sc. Saeed Shojaee upon agreemnet
M.Sc. Alireza Zamani upon agreemnet