Solutions for Future Mobile Fronthaul and Access-Network Convergence

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 527-534

  Kani, Jun Ichi ^a   Terada, Jun ^a   Suzuki, Ken Ichi ^a   Otaka, Akihiro ^a  

^a NTT Access Network Service Systems Laboratories   (Japan)

Author keywords

Mobile communication; optical access network (OAN); optical fiber communication; optical subscriber loops; optical systems; passive optical network (PON); radio access network (RAN); time division multiaccess; wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER TO THE X; FIXED PLATFORMS; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL DESIGN; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; SUBSCRIBER LOOPS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MULTIACCESS; OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS; OPTICAL SUBSCRIBER LOOP; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 85015794033     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2016.2608389     Document Type: Article

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