Utilization comparison of small-cell accommodation with PON-based mobile fronthaul

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 919-927

  Nakayama, Yu ^a   Maruta, Kazuki ^a   Shimada, Tatsuya ^a   Yoshida, Tomoaki ^a   Terada, Jun ^a   Otaka, Akihiro ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Network topology; Networks; Optical communications

Indexed keywords

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS;

APPLICATION RANGE; DEPLOYMENT COSTS; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; REMOTE RADIO HEADS; SMALL CELLS; SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATION; USER EQUIPMENTS;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 85009997040     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.8.000919     Document Type: Article

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