Next generation mobile fronthaul and midhaul architectures [Invited]

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages B38-B45

  Pfeiffer, Thomas ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Backhaul; CPRI; Midhaul and fronthaul; NG PON2; Optical metro and access networks; Radio accessnetworks; TWDM PON; Wireless wireline convergence

Indexed keywords

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; RADIO BROADCASTING;

BACKHAUL; CPRI; METRO AND ACCESS NETWORKS; MIDHAUL AND FRONTHAUL; NG-PON2; TWDM-PON;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84960081700     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.7.000B38     Document Type: Article

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