This report was published in March 2018 by Sensa Fili and describe how the transition to 5G affects wireline backhaul, fronthaul, and the emerging coverged-haul variations. The topics covered include the impact of those changes on how mobile operators transport traffic across their networks, how they can plan for them as they transition to 5G, and the implications for European mobile operators. The report is useful for telecom operators, engineers, technologies, IT professionals, and system integrators.
Key words: architecture/engineering, association, audio/video, communications, Internet of Things (IoT), protocols/standards, system integrator, 5G, telecom