Spectrally efficient fronthaul architectures for a cost-effective 5G C-RAN

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn 2016-August, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Mello, D A A ^a   Barreto, A N ^b   Barbosa, F A ^a   Osorio, C ^a   Fiorani, M ^c   Monti, P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

5G transport; fronthaul; radio over fiber; spectral efficiency

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; COSTS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADIO-OVER-FIBER;

5G TRANSPORT; BASE BAND UNITS; FRONTHAUL; REMOTE RADIO HEADS; SIGNAL WAVEFORM; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES; SYSTEM COMPLEXITY; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84985995049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21627339     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2016.7550571     Document Type: Conference Paper

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