References & Further Reading

References

A. Sengupta, R. Tandon, and O. Simeone, Cloud and Cache-Aided Wireless Networks: Fundamental Latency Tradeoffs, 2017
Foundational paper introducing the NDT framework. Chapter 8's core definitions, upper bound, and converse all trace to this work.
O. Simeone, A Very Brief Introduction to Machine Learning with Applications to Communication Systems, 2018
Simeone's broad perspective on cloud-RAN and emerging architectures. Useful background for Chapter 8's motivation.
R. Tandon and O. Simeone, Cloud-Aided Wireless Networks with Edge Caching: Fundamental Latency Trade-Offs in Fog Radio Access Networks, 2016
Conference version of the 2017 Trans. IT paper. Introduces the fog-RAN model with finite fronthaul.
M. A. Maddah-Ali and U. Niesen, Fundamental Limits of Caching, 2014
The MAN scheme; provides the caching baseline used in the NDT framework's downlink delivery phase.
E. Lampiris, P. Elia, and G. Caire, Cache-Aided Cooperation with No CSIT, 2017
The DoF = $t + L$ result extended to the cooperative C-RAN downlink in NDT analysis.
S.-H. Park, G. Caire, and O. Simeone, Information-Theoretic Perspectives on Coded Caching and Cloud-RAN with Mixed Traffic, 2020
CommIT paper extending NDT to mixed cacheable/uncacheable traffic. Connects NDT with JLEC 2019 separation.
M. Peng, C. Wang, V. K. Lau, and H. V. Poor, Fronthaul-Constrained Cloud Radio Access Networks: Insights and Challenges, 2015
Practitioner overview of fronthaul-constrained C-RAN. Background for engineering notes.
China Mobile Research Institute, C-RAN: The Road Towards Green RAN (White Paper), 2011
Original industrial proposal of C-RAN architecture. Pre-dates coded caching; motivated by cost reduction and CoMP.
E. Lampiris, A. Bhattacharjee, and G. Caire, Fading-Channel Coded Caching, 2021
Used in CommIT extensions of NDT to cache-aided fading architectures — fog massive MIMO.
Q. Yu, M. A. Maddah-Ali, and A. S. Avestimehr, The Exact Rate-Memory Tradeoff for Caching with Uncoded Prefetching, 2018
Classical coded caching converse result invoked in NDT lower bound derivations.
R. Tandon and S. Mohajer, New Bounds on the Information Storage Tradeoff in Caching, 2016
Refined converse bounds for cache-aided networks; related to the NDT converse improvements.
O. Simeone, A. Maeder, M. Peng, O. Sahin, and W. Yu, Cloud Radio Access Networks: Principles, Technologies, and Applications, 2017
Book-length treatment of C-RAN architecture. Good for background before diving into the NDT framework.
I. Roig, J. Shen, and G. Caire, Practical Cache-Aided Fog Radio Access Networks, 2022
CommIT implementation-focused paper on deployable C-RAN cache architectures. Bridges theory to practice.