Efficient Mobile Fronthaul via DSP-Based Channel Aggregation

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1556-1564

  Liu, Xiang ^a   Zeng, Huaiyu ^a   Chand, Naresh ^a   Effenberger, Frank ^a  

^a FUTUREWEI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloud radio access network (C RAN); common public radio interface (CPRI); fifth generation (5G); frequency division multiplexing (FDM); mobile fronthaul; optical fiber transmission

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FIBERS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIO BROADCASTING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

FIFTH-GENERATION (5G); MOBILE FRONTHAUL; OPTICAL FIBER TRANSMISSION; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; RADIO INTERFACE;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84963763761     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2508451     Document Type: Article

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