Analysis of state of the art on scalable control plane design and techniques for user mobility awareness. Definition of 5G-XHaul control plane requirements.

This deliverable will provide a thorough analysis of the state of the art available on scalable control plane design, and will identify the basic control plane technologies that will be used in 5G-XHaul. The deliverable will also contain an analysis of existent techniques that can be used to track user mobility patterns with different levels of RAN integration. Finally, the deliverable will identify measurable requirements to be fulfilled by the 5G-XHaul control plane, by identifying the functions to be run in the SDN controller, and their associated delay and bandwidth requirements.