Experimental demonstration of fronthaul flexibility for enhanced CoMP service in 5G radio and optical access networks

Optics Express

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 2017, Pages 21247-21258

  Zhang, Jiawei ^a   Ji, Yuefeng ^a   Yu, Hao ^a   Huang, Xingang ^b   Li, Han ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b ZTE CORPORATION   (China)

^c China Mobile Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MAPPING; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LIGHTPATH RECONFIGURATIONS; RADIO AND OPTICAL; RAN ARCHITECTURE; RESOURCE UTILIZATIONS; UNIFIED CONTROL;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

ARTICLE;

EID: 85029158489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.25.021247     Document Type: Article

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