On the Suitability of Multicore Fiber for LTE-Advanced MIMO Optical Fronthaul Systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 676-682

  Morant, Maria ^a   Macho, Andres ^a   Llorente, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

inter core crosstalk; Multicore fiber; multiple input multiple output (MIMO); radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CODES (SYMBOLS); CROSSTALK; FEEDBACK CONTROL; FIBERS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PROFILOMETRY; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARRIER AGGREGATIONS; ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; INTERCORE CROSSTALKS; LTE-ADVANCED (LTE-A); MULTICORE FIBER; MULTICORE FIBERS (MCF); RADIO-OVER-FIBER TRANSMISSION; SUB-CARRIER MODULATIONS;

MIMO SYSTEMS;

EID: 84961901432     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2507137     Document Type: Article

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