Demonstration of Low-Complexity D-band Extension of Fiber X-haul for 5G and beyond Infrastructure
Paper in proceeding, 2023
This work presents a seamless integration of a wireless D-band transmission link to a fiber network. The D-band wireless transmission is performed by utilizing recently developed direct up-/down- conversion and high gain flat EBG antennas, thus resolving the issue of high complexity and cost of the optical heterodyne mixing adopted until now for the generation of the D-band signals in fiber-wireless implementations. More specifically the transmission of a baseband signal up to 12.5GB/s as well the QAM modulated IF signal up to 256QAM 900Mbaud is demonstrated successfully validating the potential of D-band link to become the next "last mile"wireless extension of mobile networks.
measurements fronthaul
D-band
propagation
antennas
backhaul
fiber-wireless
Author
Ronis Maximidis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Christos Vagionas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Sotiris Soukaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Zhongxia Simon He
Sinowave AB
Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave Electronics
Konstantina Kanta
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Panagiotis Toumasis
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Giannis Giannoulis
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Dimitris Apostolopoulos
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Georgios Kalfas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Agapi Mesodiakaki
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Marios Gatzianas
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Hercules Avramopoulos
National Technical University of Athens (NTUA)
Amalia Miliou
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Nikos Pleros
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
9788831299077 (ISBN)
17th European Conference on Antennas and Propagation, EuCAP 2023
Florence, Italy,
Florence, Italy,
Subject Categories
Telecommunications
Communication Systems
DOI
10.23919/EuCAP57121.2023.10133343