Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems

Radio-over-fiber (ROF)-based mobile fronthaul network supporting the baseband unit and simple remote radio head is a promising network architecture for future wireless networks. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a silicon photonics (SiPh)-based remote radio frontend (RRF) for the mm-wave ROF...

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Main Authors: Yeyu Tong, Chi-Wai Chow, Guan-Hong Chen, Ching-Wei Peng, Chien-Hung Yeh, Hon Ki Tsang
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Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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Chi-Wai Chow
Guan-Hong Chen
Ching-Wei Peng
Chien-Hung Yeh
Hon Ki Tsang
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Chi-Wai Chow
Guan-Hong Chen
Ching-Wei Peng
Chien-Hung Yeh
Hon Ki Tsang
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description Radio-over-fiber (ROF)-based mobile fronthaul network supporting the baseband unit and simple remote radio head is a promising network architecture for future wireless networks. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a silicon photonics (SiPh)-based remote radio frontend (RRF) for the mm-wave ROF systems. The proposed SiPh-based RRF consisted of an integrated Mach–Zehnder modulator and a micro-ring modulator, producing a single-sideband 40 GHz millimeter-wave orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing ROF signal, which is robust against fiber chromatic dispersion in the mobile fronthaul transmission. The RRF is fabricated using SiPh platform and could be potentially low cost. High split-ratios can be potentially achieved. Data rate of 7.813 Gbit/s per wavelength channel is achieved in the experiment. Numerical analysis is also performed; there are good matches of the simulation and experimental results.
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spelling doaj-art-5ae0b79f2f1840f2b1ba80b215e258d62025-08-20T03:15:48ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-011121810.1109/JPHOT.2019.28989388640076Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) SystemsYeyu Tong0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7867-1918Chi-Wai Chow1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7488-2611Guan-Hong Chen2Ching-Wei Peng3Chien-Hung Yeh4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1095-011XHon Ki Tsang5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2777-1537Department of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongDepartment of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics and Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, TaiwanDepartment of Photonics, Feng Chia University, Taichung, TaiwanDepartment of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong KongRadio-over-fiber (ROF)-based mobile fronthaul network supporting the baseband unit and simple remote radio head is a promising network architecture for future wireless networks. In this paper, we propose and demonstrate a silicon photonics (SiPh)-based remote radio frontend (RRF) for the mm-wave ROF systems. The proposed SiPh-based RRF consisted of an integrated Mach–Zehnder modulator and a micro-ring modulator, producing a single-sideband 40 GHz millimeter-wave orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing ROF signal, which is robust against fiber chromatic dispersion in the mobile fronthaul transmission. The RRF is fabricated using SiPh platform and could be potentially low cost. High split-ratios can be potentially achieved. Data rate of 7.813 Gbit/s per wavelength channel is achieved in the experiment. Numerical analysis is also performed; there are good matches of the simulation and experimental results.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8640076/Radio-over-fiber (ROF)silicon photonics (SiPh)cloud radio access network (CRAN).
spellingShingle Yeyu Tong
Chi-Wai Chow
Guan-Hong Chen
Ching-Wei Peng
Chien-Hung Yeh
Hon Ki Tsang
Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
IEEE Photonics Journal
Radio-over-fiber (ROF)
silicon photonics (SiPh)
cloud radio access network (CRAN).
title Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
title_full Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
title_fullStr Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
title_full_unstemmed Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
title_short Integrated Silicon Photonics Remote Radio Frontend (RRF) for Single-Sideband (SSB) Millimeter-Wave Radio-Over-Fiber (ROF) Systems
title_sort integrated silicon photonics remote radio frontend rrf for single sideband ssb millimeter wave radio over fiber rof systems
topic Radio-over-fiber (ROF)
silicon photonics (SiPh)
cloud radio access network (CRAN).
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8640076/
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