Next generation fiber-wireless fronthaul for 5G mmWave networks

G Kalfas, C Vagionas, A Antonopoulos… - IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
mmWave radio, although instrumental for achieving the required 5G capacity KPIs,
necessitates the need for a very large number of access points, which places an immense …

A 5G C-RAN optical fronthaul architecture for hotspot areas using OFDM-based analog IFoF waveforms

C Mitsolidou, C Vagionas, A Mesodiakaki, P Maniotis… - Applied Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
Featured Application The proposed fronthaul architecture may be a promising solution for
the future Fifth Generation (5G) Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) networks to provide broadband access …

Multi-user V-band uplink using a massive MIMO antenna and a fiber-wireless IFoF fronthaul for 5G mmWave small-cells

E Ruggeri, A Tsakyridis, C Vagionas… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
We experimentally demonstrate a multi-user Fiber Wireless IFoF/mmWave uplink comprising
a 32-element 60 GHz Phased Array Antenna (PAA) and 10 km of fiber for 5G fronthaul …

Assessment of digital predistortion methods for DFB‐SSMF radio‐over‐fiber links linearization

MU Hadi, C Kantana, PA Traverso… - Microwave and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
This letter presents a comparative evaluation between three different behavioral models to
perform digital predistortion (DPD) that enhances the linearity of radio‐over‐fiber (RoF) …

Linearity measurements on a 5G mmWave fiber wireless IFoF fronthaul link with analog RF beamforming and 120° degrees steering

C Vagionas, E Ruggeri, A Tsakyridis… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Towards the 5G millimeter Wave (mmWave) era, analog transport offers a spectrally efficient
scheme for converged Fiber Wireless (FiWi) networks. Signal integrity is traditionally …

A 5G C-RAN architecture for hot-spots: OFDM based analog IFoF PHY and MAC layer design

C Mitsolidou, C Vagionas… - … on Networks and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) comprises one of the main technologies for
high capacity and low latency fronthauling in 5G networks. In this paper, we propose and …

Multi-user IFoF uplink transmission over a 32-element 60GHz phased array antenna enabling both frequency and spatial division multiplexing

E Ruggeri, C Vagionas, N Karagiorgos… - 45th European …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally present the A-RoF/IFoF uplink transmission of three 60GHz terminals
with 200Mb/s QPSK through a 32-element antenna with beamsteering up to a 60 o-angle …

Multi-color laser diode heterodyned 28-GHz millimeter-wave carrier encoded with DMT for 5G wireless mobile networks

HY Wang, CH Cheng, CT Tsai, YC Chi, GR Lin - IEEE Access, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
By using a multi-color laser diode carrier with orthogonal polarization and single-carrier
modulation, the long-reach single-mode fiber (SMF) passive optical network and millimeter …

Usability of a 5G fronthaul based on a DML and external modulation for M-QAM transmission over photonically generated 40 GHz

L Vallejo, B Ortega, DN Nguyen, J Bohata… - IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we numerically and experimentally present the bandwidth constraints of a cost-
effective 5G mobile fronthaul based on a directly-modulated laser for data modulation and a …

Fiber wireless A-RoF/IFoF uplink of 0.4 Gb/s 16-QAM and 0.6 Gb/s QPSK over a 32-element 60GHz phased array antenna for 5G fronthaul networks

E Ruggeri, A Tsakyridis, G Kalfas… - … Topical Meeting on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We experimentally demonstrate an end-to-end Fiber Wireless A-RoF/IFoF fronthaul link
using a 32-element 60GHz phased array antenna and characterize for the first time its …