5G mm Wave Networks Leveraging Enhanced Fiber-Wireless Convergence for High-Density Environments: The 5G-PHOS Approach

• Main Authors: Papaioannou, S., Kalfas, G., Vagionas, C., Maniotis, P., Miliou, A., Pleros, N., Neto, L. Anet, Chanclor, P., Raj-Ali, M., Bakopoulos, P., Caillaud, C., Debregeas, H., Sirbu, M. B., Eichhammer, Y., Theodoropoulou, E., Lyberopoulos, G., Kartsakli, E., Vardakas, J., Torfs, G., Yin, X., Tsagkaris, K., Demestichas, P., Giannoulis, G., Avramopoulos, H., Lentaris, G., Varvarigos, E., Tafur Monroy, I., Dayan, E., Leiba, Y., Dimogiannis, I., Kontogiannis, A., Magri, R., Tartaglia, A., Roeloffzen, C. G. H., Oldenbeuving, R.M.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: 5G mobile communication; 5G networks; analog optical fronthauling; Integrated optics; Medium-Transparent MAC protocols; mmWave massive MIMO; optical beamforming technology; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical ring resonators; Wireless communication
• ISSN: 2155-5052
• DOI: 10.1109/BMSB.2018.8436713

Analog optical fronthaul for 5G network architectures is currently being promoted as a bandwidth- and energy-efficient technology that can sustain the data-rate, latency and energy requirements of the emerging 5G era. This paper presents 5G-PHOS project approach, which relies on a new optical fronthaul architecture that can effectively synergize optical transceiver, optical add/drop multiplexer and optical beamforming integrated photonics towards a DSP-assisted analog fronthaul, administered by means of a Medium Transparent Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (MT-DBA) protocol for seamless and medium-transparent 5G small-cell networks.