{"659342":{"#nid":"659342","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Ph.D. Dissertation Defense - Yahya Alfadhili","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cem\u003E:\u0026nbsp; Advanced Radio Access Network Featuring Flexible Per-UE Service Provisioning and Collaborative Mobile Edge Computing\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Xiaoli Ma, ECE, Chair, Advisor\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Umakishore Ramachandran, CoC\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Douglas Blough, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Mary Ann Weitnauer, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Gordon Stuber, ECE\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EEnriched by numerous technological advances, radio access networks (RANs) strive to meet the goals of both mobile network operators (MNOs) and end-users. While MNOs seek efficiency, resiliency, reliability and flexibility of their networks, end-users are more concerned with the variety and quality of the provided, state-of-the-art, reasonably priced services. This has resulted in a complex, multi-tier, and heterogeneous RAN architecture that is severely challenged to achieve and maintain a strict reliability requirement of seven-nines (i.e., 99.99999% network up-time) and to meet ultra-reliable, low latency communications (URLLC) requirements with a latency upper bound of 1 ms end-to-end roundtrip time. Based on the flexible function split concept and data-plane programmability, this dissertation makes several key contributions to the body of knowledge on advanced, service-oriented RANs in two key core components. The first core component pertains to improving fronthaul efficiency, resiliency, flexibility, and latency performance with the cross-layer integration of Analog-Option-9 function split in a flexible fronthaul paradigm. The second core component is related to the design of lightweight, fronthaul-positioned multi-access edge computing (MEC) units to host Cooperative-URLLC applications at the edge of the fronthaul. Hence, from the vertical perspective, the dissertation provides solutions to support general URLLC applications and the Cooperative-URLLC variation by shrinking and eliminating latency sources at the Top-of-RAN and Low-RAN segments of advanced RANs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Advanced Radio Access Network Featuring Flexible Per-UE Service Provisioning and Collaborative Mobile Edge Computing "}],"uid":"28475","created_gmt":"2022-07-11 17:27:45","changed_gmt":"2022-07-11 17:28:33","author":"Daniela Staiculescu","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-07-15T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-07-15T17:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-07-15T17:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-07-15 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-07-15 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-07-15 21:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"434381","name":"ECE Ph.D. Dissertation Defenses"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"},{"id":"1808","name":"graduate students"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}