eprintid: 10055234 rev_number: 26 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/10/05/52/34 datestamp: 2018-09-05 16:29:53 lastmod: 2021-12-01 23:28:36 status_changed: 2018-09-05 16:29:53 type: proceedings_section metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Shojaeifard, A creators_name: Wong, KK creators_name: Yu, W creators_name: Zheng, G creators_name: Tang, J title: Full-Duplex Enabled Cloud Radio Access Network ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C05 divisions: F46 keywords: Interference cancellation, Cooperative communication, Signal to noise ratio, Radio access networks, Fading channels, Frequency modulation note: This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. abstract: Full-duplex (FD) has emerged as a disruptive solution for improving the achievable spectral efficiency (SE), thanks to the recent major breakthroughs in self-interference (SI) mitigation. The FD versus half-duplex (HD) SE gain, in the context of cellular networks, is however largely limited by the mutual interference (MI) between the downlink (DL) and uplink (UL). A potential remedy for tackling the MI bottleneck is through cooperative communications. This paper provides a stochastic analysis of FD enabled cloud radio access network (CRAN) with finite user- centric cooperative clusters. Contrary to the most existing theoretical studies of C-RAN, we explicitly take into consideration non-isotropic fading channel conditions, and finite-capacity fronthaul links. Accordingly, we develop analytical expressions for the FD C-RAN DL and UL SEs. The results indicate that significant FD versus HD C-RAN SE gains can be achieved, particularly in the presence of sufficient- capacity fronthaul links and advanced interference cancellation capabilities. date: 2018-07-26 date_type: published publisher: IEEE official_url: https://doi.org/10.1109/VTCSpring.2018.8417605 oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1576822 doi: 10.1109/VTCSpring.2018.8417605 isbn_13: 978-1-5386-6355-4 language_elements: English lyricists_name: Shojaeifard, Arman lyricists_name: Wong, Kai-Kit lyricists_id: ASHOJ33 lyricists_id: KWONG98 actors_name: Wong, Kai-Kit actors_id: KWONG98 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference place_of_pub: Red Hook (NY), USA event_title: 2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) event_location: Porto, Portugal event_dates: 3rd-6th June 2018 book_title: The Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) citation: Shojaeifard, A; Wong, KK; Yu, W; Zheng, G; Tang, J; (2018) Full-Duplex Enabled Cloud Radio Access Network. In: The Proceedings of the 2018 IEEE 87th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring). IEEE: Red Hook (NY), USA. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10055234/1/Wong_Full-Duplex%20Enabled%20Cloud%20Radio%20Access%20Network_AAM.pdf