When ICN Meets C-RAN for HetNets: An SDN Approach

TL;DR

This paper proposes an innovative integration of Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Cloud Radio Access Network (C-RAN), and Software-Defined Networking (SDN) to enhance heterogeneous networks, demonstrating a hybrid system in a large-scale campus environment.

Contribution

It introduces a novel combined architecture of ICN, C-RAN, and SDN for HetNets, detailing its design, advantages, challenges, and a practical large-scale implementation.

Findings

Demonstrated the feasibility of the integrated system in a campus network.

Highlighted the potential benefits such as improved efficiency and flexibility.

Identified key challenges for deployment and scalability.

Abstract

In this paper, we contribute to novelly proposing and elaborating the integration of the ICN, C-RAN and SDN for the HetNet to achieve win-win situation. The vision of the proposed system is demonstrated, followed by the advantages and challenges. We further present the hybrid system with a large-scale wireless heterogeneous campus network.