BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Canada/Eastern BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20210314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20211107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20220110T235615Z UID:15ADD2E7-A859-43E9-8531-58440452FE8E DTSTART;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20210730T120000 DTEND;TZID=Canada/Eastern:20210730T133000 DESCRIPTION:The number of devices requesting for wireless communications is growing exponentially. Network densification via the deployment of many b ase stations (BSs) of different types is one of the mechanisms that can be employed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth/capacity in wireless networks. However\, deploying fiber to the small cells may be exp ensive and impractical when the number of small cells increases. For this reason\, as well as because of the traffic jams and infrastructure displac ements caused by fiber optic installation\, millimeter wave (mmw)-based wi reless backhaul is currently considered as an alternative\, providing (alm ost) the same rate as fiber optic with significantly less price and no dig ging. With this background\, integrated access and backhaul (IAB) networks \, where the operator can utilize part of the radio resources for wireless backhauling\, has recently received considerable attention. The purpose o f IAB is to replace existing backhaul systems with flexible wireless backh aul using the existing 3GPP bands providing not only backhaul but also exi sting cellular services in the same node. This creates more flexibility an d reduces the implementation cost. For 5G NR\, IAB is currently considered as a work item in 3GPP\, and it is known as one of the main novelties of 5G. In this talk\, we review the main backhauling techniques\, and present the main motivations/standardization agreements on IAB. Moreover\, We pre sent comparisons between the IAB networks and the cases where all or part of the small access points are fiber-connected. Finally\, we study the rob ustness of IAB networks to environmental effects and verify the effect of the blockage\, the tree foliage\, the rain as well as the antenna height/g ain on the coverage rate of IAB setups\, as the key differences between th e fiber-connected and IAB networks. As we show\, IAB is an attractive setu p enabling 5G and beyond.\n\nSpeaker(s): Behrooz Makki\, \n\nVirtual: http s://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272959 LOCATION:Virtual: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272959 ORGANIZER:mansour.nch@ieee.org SEQUENCE:9 SUMMARY:Integrated access and backhaul for 5G and beyond URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/272959 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>The number of devices requesting for wirel ess communications is growing exponentially. Network densification via the deployment of many base stations (BSs) of different types is one of the m echanisms that can be employed to satisfy the ever-increasing demand for b andwidth/capacity in wireless networks. However\, deploying fiber to the s mall cells may be expensive and impractical when the number of small cells increases. For this reason\, as well as because of the traffic jams and i nfrastructure displacements caused by fiber optic installation\, millimete r wave (mmw)-based wireless backhaul is currently considered as an alterna tive\, providing (almost) the same rate as fiber optic with significantly less price and no digging. With this background\, integrated access and ba ckhaul (IAB) networks\, where the operator can utilize part of the radio r esources for wireless backhauling\, has recently received considerable att ention. The purpose of IAB is to replace existing backhaul systems with fl exible wireless backhaul using the existing 3GPP bands providing not only backhaul but also existing cellular services in the same node. This create s more flexibility and reduces the implementation cost. For 5G NR\, IAB is currently considered as a work item in 3GPP\, and it is known as one of t he main novelties of 5G. In this talk\, we review the main backhauling tec hniques\, and present the main motivations/standardization agreements on I AB. Moreover\, We present comparisons between the IAB networks and the cas es where all or part of the small access points are fiber-connected. Final ly\, we study the robustness of IAB networks to environmental effects and verify the effect of the blockage\, the tree foliage\, the rain as well as the antenna height/gain on the coverage rate of IAB setups\, as the key d ifferences between the fiber-connected and IAB networks. As we show\, IAB is an attractive setup enabling 5G and beyond.</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR