This unique text will enable readers to understand the fundamental theory, current techniques, and potential applications of Cloud Radio Access Networks (C-RANs). Leading experts from academia and industry provide a guide to all of the key elements of C-RANs, including system architecture, performance analysis, technologies in both physical and medium access control layers, self-organizing and green networking, standards development, and standardization perspectives. Recent developments in the field are covered, as well as open research challenges and possible future directions. The first book to focus exclusively on Cloud Radio Access Networks, this is essential reading for engineers in academia and industry working on future wireless networks.

'This is the first book that covers the fundamental theory, current techniques, and applications of cloud radio access networks. The coverage is balanced and the topics are very timely … This book should be essential reading for graduate students, engineers, and researchers who are interested in exploring this important field of wireless communication research.' Zhi-Quan Luo, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen

Tony Q. S. Quek is an Associate Professor at the Singapore University of Technology and Design, and a scientist at the Institute for Infocomm Research. He is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a co-editor of the book Small Cell Networks (Cambridge, 2013). Mugen Peng is a Professor in the School of Information and Communication Engineering at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) and a recipient of the First Grade Award of Technological Invention from both the Ministry of Education of China and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China. Osvaldo Simeone is an Associate Professor affiliated with the Center for Wireless Communications and Signal Processing Research at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). Wei Yu is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Information Theory and Wireless Communications at the University of Toronto. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).