Key microwave-photonics technologies for next-generation cloud-based radio access networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3452-3460

  Liu, Cheng ^a,b   Wang, Jing ^a   Cheng, Lin ^a   Zhu, Ming ^a   Chang, Gee Kung ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber optic fronthaul; millimeter wave; radioover fiber 5G wireless; small cell

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONVENTIONAL SERVICES; FIBER-OPTIC FRONTHAUL; NEXT-GENERATION WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; SMALL CELLS; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84906875160     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2338854     Document Type: Article

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