5G mobile communication technology has attracted much attention in China and abroad.Before large-scale deployment of 5G base station
the transport network must be planned and ready in advance.Four kinds of mainstream 5G fronthaul schemes were introduced and compared from the perspective of construction cost
technical maturity
construction difficulty and so on.Finally
considering 5G evolution in the existing network
some suggestions for the selection of 5G fronthaul schemes in different scenarios were given.
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