Next-generation optical fronthaul systems using multicore fiber media

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2016, Pages 4819-4827

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

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Multicore fiber; multiple input multiple output (MIMO); polarization multiplexing; radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; CROSSTALK; FIBERS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; MIMO SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; POLARIZATION; PROFILOMETRY; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; SINGLE MODE FIBERS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION REPEATERS; WIMAX; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION; MULTICORE FIBER; MULTICORE FIBERS (MCF); POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; SINGLE INPUT SINGLE OUTPUT; STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS;

NONLINEAR OPTICS;

EID: 84994810139     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2016.2573038     Document Type: Article

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