Optical Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation for Analog Mobile Fronthaul
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Multilevel PWM for Analog MFH
3. M-PWM MFH Architecture and Experimental Setup
4. Experimental Results
4.1. Calibration Procedure
4.2. EVM Measurements
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Combi, L.; Gatto, A.; Boffi, P.; Spagnolini, U.; Parolari, P. Optical Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation for Analog Mobile Fronthaul. Photonics 2018, 5, 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics5040049
Combi L, Gatto A, Boffi P, Spagnolini U, Parolari P. Optical Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation for Analog Mobile Fronthaul. Photonics. 2018; 5(4):49. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics5040049
Chicago/Turabian StyleCombi, Lorenzo, Alberto Gatto, Pierpaolo Boffi, Umberto Spagnolini, and Paola Parolari. 2018. "Optical Multilevel Pulse Width Modulation for Analog Mobile Fronthaul" Photonics 5, no. 4: 49. https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics5040049