Designing WDM-RoF Concept-Based Full-Duplex MMW Fiber Fronthaul Microcell Network

• Main Authors: Mikhail Belkin, Aleksei Alyoshin, Dmitriy Fofanov
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: FRUCT 2020-04-01
• Series: Proceedings of the XXth Conference of Open Innovations Association FRUCT
• Subjects: full-duplex 5g nr micro-cell access network; radio-over-fiber concept; wavelength division multiplexing; digital millimeter-wave distribution over a single optical fiber; computer-aided design
• Online Access: https://www.fruct.org/publications/fruct26/files/Bel.pdf
• ISSN: 2305-7254; 2343-0737

In the paper, we propose, highlight, and discuss a new approach to design full-duplex fiber fronthaul microcell network for a next-generation mobile communication system, for example, incoming 5G NR, using wavelength division multiplexed Radio-over-Fiber concept. During the proof-of-concept simulation experiments using well-known computer software VPI Photonics Design Suite, the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed access network architecture are confirmed, as well as the acceptable limits for high-quality simultaneous transmission of a digital radio-signal package containing a high-speed millimeter-wave information signal with a multi-position QAM and a high-speed centimeter-wave service signal with ASK are quantified.