Title :
Optical wireless LED link for the backhaul of small cells
Author :
Schulz, Dominic ; Schlosser, Michael ; Alexakis, Christos ; Habel, Kai ; Hilt, Jonas ; Freund, Ronald ; Jungnickel, Volker
Author_Institution :
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Inst. (HHI), Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
We demonstrate experimentally that optical wireless (OW) links using an infrared LED can meet the bitrate, distance and latency requirements for low-cost small-cell wireless backhaul in Long-Term Evolution (LTE) mobile networks.
Keywords :
Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; light emitting diodes; optical links; LTE; Long-Term Evolution; OW link; infrared LED; low-cost small-cell wireless backhaul; mobile network; optical wireless LED link; small cellular radio; High-speed optical techniques; Light emitting diodes; Optical fiber communication; Real-time systems; Signal to noise ratio; Throughput; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
