Toward 6G Optical Fronthaul: A Survey on Enabling Technologies and Research Perspectives

A Fayad, T Cinkler, J Rak - IEEE Communications Surveys & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The anticipated launch of the Sixth Generation (6G) of mobile technology by 2030 will mark
a significant milestone in the evolution of wireless communication, ushering in a new era …

Beyond 5G fronthaul based on FSO using spread spectrum codes and graphene modulators

D Neves, A Sanches, R Nobrega, H Mrabet, I Dayoub… - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
High data rate coverage, security, and energy efficiency will play a key role in the continued
performance scaling of next-generation mobile systems. Dense, small mobile cells based on …

Optical front/mid-haul with open access-edge server deployment framework for sliced O-RAN

S Mondal, M Ruffini - IEEE Transactions on Network and …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The fifth-generation of mobile radio technologies is expected to be agile, flexible, and
scalable while provisioning ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (uRLLC) …

Prediction of received optical power for switching hybrid FSO/RF system

R Haluška, P Šuľaj, Ľ Ovseník, S Marchevský, J Papaj… - Electronics, 2020 - mdpi.com
This study deals with the problem of fiber-free optical communication systems—known as
free space optics—using received signal strength identifier (RSSI) prediction analysis for …

Cost-effective delay-constrained optical fronthaul design for 5G and beyond

A Fayad, T Cinkler - Infocommunications journal, 2022 - real.mtak.hu
With the rapid growth of the telecom sector heading towards 5G and 6G and the emergence
of high-bandwidth and time-sensitive applications, mobile network operators (MNOs) are …

A special issue on modeling, dimensioning, and optimization of 5G communication networks, resources, and services

ID Moscholios, M Głąbowski, PG Sarigiannidis… - Applied Sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Designing, dimensioning, and optimization of communication networks resources and
services have been inseparable parts of the development of telecommunications since the …

Cloud-RAN And Coverage Gap in Rural Areas

IS Tognisse, AD Kora, J Degila - 2021 IEEE International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with Cloud Radio Access Network (Cloud-RAN), a promising technology
that can help meet mobile telephony and mobile broadband universal access requirements …

Towards Smart Fronthauling Management: Experimental Insights from a 5G Testbed

M Morini, E Moro, I Filippini, D De Donno… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
The fronthaul connection is a key component of Centralized RAN (C-RAN) architectures,
consistently required to handle high capacity demands. However, this critical feature is at …

Evaluating Energy Performance in Passive Optical Network (PON)-based 5G Fronthaul with Low Layer Splits

CS Yi, A Ramli, N Zulkifli… - 2023 IEEE 16th …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Passive Optical Network (PON)-based 5G fronthaul is used to improve the utilization of
optical links and to deploy inexpensive fronthaul. The energy efficiency of these networks is …

1Tbit/s per Lambda High order Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (128-256QAM) Coherent Optical Transmission System Design to Support (5G+)

AM Almufti, OG Morozov - 2023 Systems of Signal …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Developing optical networks with low latency and high bandwidth is necessary for the next
generation of high-speed cellular technologies. It is anticipated that coherent wavelength …