Mobile Fronthaul Architecture and Technologies: a RAN Equipment Assessment [PDF]
Optical fiber is the required technology for Radio Access Network (RAN) backhaul and fronthaul. We report the evolution of RAN equipment including the advent of virtualization and an investigation of the required architecture and optical access technologies.
Chanclou, P. +5 more
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Fronthaul evolution: From CPRI to Ethernet [PDF]
It is proposed that using Ethernet in the fronthaul, between base station baseband unit (BBU) pools and remote radio heads (RRHs), can bring a number of advantages, from use of lower-cost equipment, shared use of infrastructure with fixed access networks,
Turnbull, Peter +4 more
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Wavelength and Bandwidth Allocation for Mobile Fronthaul in TWDM-PON [PDF]
Time- and wavelength- division multiplexed passive optical network (TWDM-PON) has attracted considerable attention for the next generation optical access systems. Among potential applications of TWDM-PON, a major application is the support of mobile fronthaul streams between radio units (RUs) and distributed units (DUs) in the centralized radio access ...
Yu Nakayama, Daisuke Hisano
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Optimal Design of Mobile Fronthaul Delta-Sigma Modulator based on Search Algorithm
The Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI) used in mobile fronthaul has low spectrum efficiency. In this paper, we propose to use Delta-Sigma Modulation (DSM) technology as a new fronthaul interface.
WU Zi-qiang +3 more
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Network Topology Reconfiguration for FSO-Based Fronthaul/Backhaul in 5G+ Wireless Networks
Using free-space optics (FSO) in the mobile fronthaul/backhaul networks is a promising solution that can potentially enhance the capacity of mobile networks.
Zhiqun Gu +4 more
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Flexible and Efficient DSP-Assisted Subcarrier Multiplexing for an Analog Mobile Fronthaul [PDF]
The digital formation of an analog subcarrier multiplex employing in combination both a technique using pre-IFFT frequency-domain samples and one using post-IFFT time-domain samples is proposed and demonstrated. This combined technique enables a compromise for sampling rate requirements, while maintaining low complexity and good performance.
Assimakopoulos, Philippos +7 more
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Enabling Flexible Link Capacity for eCPRI-Based Fronthaul With Load-Adaptive Quantization Resolution
Bandwidth-efficient 5G optical fronthaul interfaces, such as the Ethernet-based common public radio interface (eCPRI), with novel low layer split (LLS) are being actively investigated.
Longsheng Li +7 more
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A Bidirectional WDM-PON Free Space Optical (FSO) System for Fronthaul 5 G C-RAN Networks
High-speed cellular technologies require low-latency and high-capacity optical networks. The Centralized Radio Access Network (C-RAN) architecture offers a cost-effective solution for mobile network deployment.
Fady El-Nahal +3 more
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On the Suitability of VLC Enabled Fronthaul for Future Mobile Network [PDF]
The quest to meet diverse services and applications that are emanating from the increasing inter-connected devices including machine-to-human communication has brought about consideration of massive deployment of small cells for fifth generation (5G) and Beyond network.With densification of small cells, mm-wave and THz frequencies play significant role
Mufutau, Akeem O. +4 more
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Toward Wireless Fronthaul for Cloud RAN Architectures [PDF]
The application of wireless backhaul is widely adopted in commercial mobile networks as a cost effective alternative to fibre. However, the practical use of wireless transport to support new centralised RAN architectures is not well studied.
Walker, Stuart D +3 more
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