Options for time-sensitive networking for 5G fronthaul

Mobile networks towards 5G impose increasingly stringent requirement on high throughput, low packet jitter and low latency due to emerging time-sensitive applications. Ethernet-based mobile fronthaul is low-cost and flexible, but lacking in determinism. We review and discuss the options for time-sensitive networking based on Ethernet.

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