Advances in Radio over Fiber Techniques for 5G and Beyond
A special issue of Photonics (ISSN 2304-6732). This special issue belongs to the section "Optical Communication and Network".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2023) | Viewed by 5613
Special Issue Editors
Interests: optical communications; wireless communication; digital signal processing; machine learning; optical fiber-based sensing; fiber wireless integration
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Interests: optical communications; digital signal processing; machine learning; perturbation theory; nonlinear systems modelling; passive optical networks; optical-wireless communications; optical fiber-based sensing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The need for wireless communication capacity is continually increasing. In the 5G era, a peak capacity of 10 Gb/s is defined for improved Mobile Broadband (eMBB) applications, while >100 Gb/s peak capacity is being mentioned for beyond 5G (B5G) systems in certain preliminary proposals. Apart from increasing capacity, ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) and massive machine-type communications (mMTC) applications are also important components of the 5G system's big plans, as they are the key elements for flexibly and reliably achieving smart applications based on machine-type communications or Internet of Things (IoT) technologies. Optical technology has emerged as a viable solution to these problems. Building on backhaul, fronthaul, mid-haul, or x-haul links, sigma-delta/digital/analog radio over fiber (SD/D/A-RoF) technologies have been actively investigated to more effectively carry data in radio access networks (RANs). The performance has been improved using linearization methods, such as digital predistortion (DPD) and perturbation theory. This advancement has led to fiber and wireless integration for improved wireless coverage. The creation, synthesis, and detection of radio waves have all benefited from advanced photonics technology. Meanwhile, optical wireless communication (OWC), which uses infrared or visible light as the wireless transmission carriers (also known as visible light communication (VLC)) and wireless power transfer (WPT), is being intensively explored as a complement to or offloading alternative for radio-based systems.
The goal of this Special Issue is to address the difficulties and prospects of optical and wireless communication networks with regards to RAN, as well as their potential optical solutions, by examining possible development paths, obstacles, and frontier technologies. The following are some of the topics that may be of interest to you:
Topics of interest include but are not limited to:
- Radio over fiber;
- Advancements in analog/digital/sigma delta radio over fiber
- Radio access network (RAN);
- Open radio access network (O-RAN);
- Fiber Wireless Integration based Optical-Wireless Interconnects;
- 5G/B5G optical wireless convergent networks;
- Microwave/millimeter-wave photonics;
- Optical wireless communication (OWC);
- Visible light communication (VLC);
- Advanced signal processing.
Dr. Usman Hadi
Dr. Sunish Kumar
Dr. Jian Song
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- radio over fiber
- radio access network
- fiber wireless Integration based optical-wireless interconnects
- optical wireless communication
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