arxivcs.NI2026-07-17
Split-Aware Function Placement with Availability Guarantees and Optical Provisioning in vRANs
Mayank Ramnani, Shasank Dixit, Sushil Yadav, Saad Ahmed, Sidharth Sharma
The rapid evolution of beyond-5G and emerging 6G networks is driving the need for flexible, reliable, and cost-efficient virtualized Radio Access Network (vRAN) architectures capable of supporting heterogeneous services such as enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), Ultra-Reliable Low…