A survey of the functional splits proposed for 5G mobile crosshaul networks

LMP Larsen, A Checko… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Pacing the way toward 5G has lead researchers and industry in the direction of centralized
processing known from Cloud-Radio Access Networks (C-RAN). In C-RAN research, a …

Toward an efficient C-RAN optical fronthaul for the future networks: A tutorial on technologies, requirements, challenges, and solutions

IA Alimi, AL Teixeira, PP Monteiro - … Communications Surveys & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

Recent advances in cloud radio access networks: System architectures, key techniques, and open issues

M Peng, Y Sun, X Li, Z Mao… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As a promising paradigm to reduce both capital and operating expenditures, the cloud radio
access network (C-RAN) has been shown to provide high spectral efficiency and energy …

Evolution of radio-over-fiber technology

C Lim, Y Tian, C Ranaweera… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Radio-over-fiber technology provides a simpler pathway for the distribution of wireless
signals in broadband wireless networks via optical means. The technology has evolved over …

5G C-RAN with optical fronthaul: An analysis from a deployment perspective

C Ranaweera, E Wong, A Nirmalathas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth generation (5G) wireless technology is designed to provide significantly faster
Internet access, with lower latency, and ubiquitous mobile coverage compared to its …

Wireless and optical convergent access technologies toward 6G

HRD Filgueiras, ES Lima, MSB Cunha… - IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The sixth generation of mobile communication (6G) systems is recently rising a lot of interest,
introducing new futuristic and challenging use cases that will demand much more than just …

Towards a scaleable 5G fronthaul: Analog radio-over-fiber and space division multiplexing

S Rommel, D Dodane, E Grivas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The introduction of millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequency bands for cellular communications
with significantly larger bandwidths compared to their sub-6 GHz counterparts, the resulting …

Delta-sigma modulation for next generation fronthaul interface

J Wang, Z Jia, LA Campos, C Knittle - Journal of Lightwave …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A new function split option for the next generation fronthaul interface (NGFI) is demonstrated
based on all-digital RF transmitter using bandpass delta-sigma modulation. Different from …

Radio-over-fiber technology: Present and future

C Lim, A Nirmalathas - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Radio-over-fiber (RoF) technology is a hybrid technology which was first introduced to the
telecommunication arena in the eighties. The research topics have evolved over the last …

Spectral efficiency comparison between analog and digital RoF for mobile fronthaul transmission link

H Ji, C Sun, W Shieh - Journal of Lightwave Technology, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile fronthaul requires an efficient transfer of radio signals between cell-site remote radio
heads (RRHs) and a centralized baseband unit (BBU) to satisfy diverse requirements on …