Title :
Centralized small-cell radio access network with shared millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber resources
Author :
Lin Cheng ; Cheng Liu ; Ming Zhu ; Jing Wang ; Gee-Kung Chang
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
Centralized radio access networks (RANs) based on radio-over-fiber (RoF) techniques can simplify the remote access units (RAUs) and maximize the resource sharing among services and operators, thus improving the system efficiency and reducing the operational cost. A scheme of resource sharing is proposed for centralized RANs based on millimeter-wave (MMW) RoF system. Both RoF infrastructure resources and microwave-photonics resources are shared by multiple operators in the heterogeneous system. High-throughput services carried on both V-band (60 GHz) and W-band (100 GHz) are delivered to RAUs through flexible configuration at the central office (CO). This proposed multi-service centralized RAN with shared infrastructure is successfully demonstrated via both simulations and experiments.
Keywords :
cellular radio; millimetre wave devices; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; telecommunication traffic; MMW RoF system; RAU; V-band; W-band; centralized small-cell radio access network; data traffic; frequency 100 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; heterogeneous system; high-throughput services; multiservice centralized RAN; remote access units; resource sharing maximization; shared millimeter-wave radio-over-fiber resources; Computer architecture; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Radio access networks; 100 GHz; 60 GHz; centralization; heterogeneous; millimeter-wave; radio access network; radio-over-fiber; reconfigurable; small cell;
Conference_Titel :
Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM), 2013 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2013.6831441
