Book Reviews: 5G Backhaul and Fronthaul

The standardization of the 5G technology led to a rapid paradigm shift in mobile network architecture and industry practice. All three constituent mobile network segments, the access network, transport network, and the core network, undergo massive upgrades in 5G. The cloud-native 5G core network architecture and disaggregated open radio access network gained tremendous popularity and attention from the community. However, the transport network remained underrepresented in the literature. Hence, a comprehensive introduction to the fronthaul and backhaul transport technologies in 5G was needed. The current book, “5G Backhaul and Fronthaul,” successfully fills the gap.