Prototype Design of Fog Radio Access Networks

To facilitate various performance verification in practical fog radio access networks (F-RANs), this chapter will have a discussion on the prototype and test bed design of F-RANs. First, the design basics of F-RAN prototypes are elaborated, which are about fog computing enablers and the network controller. Second, some commonly used development tools will be presented to provide convenience for implementing F-RAN prototypes. Next, an example F-RAN prototype will be demonstrated, on which experimental evaluation is conducted to confirm the superior performance gains brought by F-RANs.