Our new research paper focused on hybrid ARoF Super-PON architecture for broadband service and 5G mobile communication has been published on Optical Fiber Technology (OFT) by Elsevier!
OFT – Optical Fiber Technology: Materials, Devices, and Systems is a new cutting-edge journal designed to fill a need in this rapidly evolving field for the speedy publication of regular length papers. Both theoretical and experimental papers on fiber materials, devices, and system performance evaluation and measurements are eligible, with emphasis on practical applications.
The architecture of hybrid mm-wave ARoF Super-PON system for 5G implementation
In this paper, we propose the architecture of a hybrid millimeter-wave (mm-wave) analog radio-over-fiber (ARoF) Super-PON optical network for future broadband service and the latest fifth-generation 5G/5G + cellular mobile communications. Our proposed infrastructure shows the trade-off between technology and costs where the optical access network architecture is technologically transformed to transport intermediate frequencies (IF) through the existing fiber optical distribution network (ODN) by integrating baseband units (BBUs) into optical line terminals (OLTs) and the remote radio units (RU) into optical network terminals (ONTs), leaving the traditional broadband architecture unchanged.
Performance of investigated mm-wave ARoF Super-PON transmission systems in the C-band downlink scenario for both broadband and mobile service is shown. With the proposed hybrid architecture, it is possible to provide cost-effective deployment of future 5G/5G+ networks as 5G key performance indicators (KPIs) are met and increase PON’s utilization for multiple services by sharing frequency bands and infrastructure. Several intermediate frequencies in Ka-band (26.5 – 40 GHz) are addressed to evaluate the performance of our investigated ARoF Super-PON transmission system for each corresponding frequency in different scenarios of up to 50 km over standard single-mode optical fiber (SMF) link.
This work has been supported by the European Regional Development Fund within the Activity 1.1.1.2 “Post-doctoral Research Aid” of the Specific Aid Objective 1.1.1 “To increase the research and innovative capacity of scientific institutions of Latvia and the ability to attract external financing, investing in human resources and infrastructure” of the Operational Programme “Growth and Employment” (MODEL-FOAN No. 1.1.1.2/VIAA/3/19/406).
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