Optical fiber solution for mobile fronthaul to achieve cloud radio access network

Author

Chanclou, Philippe ; Pizzinat, A. ; Le Clech, Fabien ; Reedeker, To-Linh ; Lagadec, Yannick ; Saliou, Fabienne ; Le Guyader, Bertrand ; Guillo, Laurent ; Deniel, Qian ; Gosselin, S. ; Le, Sy ; Diallo, Thierno ; Brenot, Romain ; Lelarge, F. ; Marazzi, Luci

Author_Institution

Orange Labs., Lannion, France

fYear

2013

fDate

3-5 July 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

This paper describes the technical aspects of optical access solutions for mobile fronthaul application. The mobile context and main constraints of fronthaul signals are presented. The need for a demarcation point between the Mobile operator and the Fiber provider is introduced. The optical solution to achieve such a network is discussed. A WDM network with passive monitoring at the antenna site and automatic wavelength assignment is proposed based on self-seeded solution.

Keywords

antennas; cloud computing; mobile radio; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; telecommunication computing; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM network; antenna site; automatic wavelength assignment; cloud radio access network; mobile fronthaul signal application; mobile operator; optical access solution; passive monitoring; self-seeded solution; Antennas; Base stations; Computer architecture; Mobile communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Digital Radio over Fiber; Mobile Network; Optical Fiber Network; Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (WDM) Network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Network and Mobile Summit (FutureNetworkSummit), 2013

Conference_Location

Lisboa

Type

conf

Filename

6633565