@INPROCEEDINGS{8169875, author={H. Gupta and D. Manicone and F. Giannone and K. Kondepu and A. Franklin and P. Castoldi and L. Valcarenghi}, booktitle={2017 IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (NFV-SDN)}, title={How much is fronthaul latency budget impacted by RAN virtualisation ?}, year={2017}, volume={}, number={}, pages={315-320}, keywords={3G mobile communication;jitter;next generation networks;quality of service;radio access networks;telecommunication signalling;telecommunication traffic;virtual machines;virtualisation;RAN virtualisation;fronthaul latency budget;heavy virtualisation methods;light virtualisation methods;DU-CU communication;intra-PHY split;Option 7-1;Standard Developing Organisations;latency requirement;selected functional split;fronthaul network;virtual machines;Virtual RAN approach;Central Unit;Distributed Unit;evolved NodeB functions;3GPP;New RAN;New Radio Access Network architecture;Jitter;Kernel;3GPP;Long Term Evolution;Delays;5G mobile communication;Conferences;5G;functional split;virtualisation;latency;jitter}, doi={10.1109/NFV-SDN.2017.8169875}, ISSN={}, month={Nov},}