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    5G wireless and wired convergence in a passive optical network using UF-OFDM and GFDM


    Browning, Colm and Farhang, Arman and Saljoghei, Arsalan and Marchetti, Nicola and Vujicic, Vidak and Doyle, Linda E. and Barry, Liam P. (2017) 5G wireless and wired convergence in a passive optical network using UF-OFDM and GFDM. In: 2017 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). IEEE. ISBN 978-1-5090-1525-2

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    Abstract

    The provision of both wireless and wired services in the optical access domain will be an important function for future passive optical networks (PON). With the emergence of 5th generation (5G) mobile communications, a move toward a dense deployment of small cell antenna sites, in conjunction with a cloud radio access network (C-RAN) architecture, is foreseen. This type of network architecture greatly increases the requirement for high capacity mobile fronthaul and backhaul links. An efficient way of achieving such connectivity is to make use of wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) PON infrastructure where wireless and wired services may be converged for distribution. In this work, for the first time, the convergence of 5G wireless candidate waveforms with a single-carrier wired signal is demonstrated in a PON. Three bands of universally filtered orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (UF-OFDM) and generalized frequency division multiplexing (GFDM), are transmitted at an intermediate frequency in conjunction with a digital 10Gb/s pulse amplitude modulation (PAM-4) signal in the downlink direction. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is also evaluated as a benchmark. Results show, for each waveform, how performance varies due to the 5G channel spacing - indicating UF-OFDM's superiority in terms of PON convergence. Successful transmission over 25km of fibre is also demonstrated for all waveforms.

    Item Type: Book Section
    Additional Information: This paper was presented at IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), 21-25 May 2017, Paris, France.
    Keywords: OFDM; 5G mobile communication; Passive optical networks; Wireless communication; Baseband; Optical filters; 5G; Universally Filtered Multi-Carrier; Generalised Frequency Division Multiplexing; Wireless-Wired Convergence; cellular radio; channel spacing; cloud computing; OFDM modulation; optical links; optical modulation; pulse amplitude modulation; radio access networks; telecommunication computing; wavelength division multiplexing; 5G wireless convergence; 5G wired convergence; UF-OFDM; GFDM; optical access domain; 5th generation mobile communication; small cell antenna sites; deployment; cloud radio access network architecture; C-RAN architecture; high capacity mobile fronthaul; backhaul links; wavelength division multiplexed PON infrastructure; WDM PON infrastructure; single-carrier wired signal; universally filtered orthogonal frequency division; multiplexing; generalized frequency division multiplexing; pulse amplitude modulation; PAM-4; 5G channel spacing; PON convergence;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Science and Engineering > Electronic Engineering
    Item ID: 11910
    Identification Number: https://doi.org/10.1109/ICCW.2017.7962688
    Depositing User: Arman Farhang
    Date Deposited: 28 Nov 2019 15:47
    Publisher: IEEE
    Refereed: Yes
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    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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