Enabling Low-Cost Fronthaul Transmission with 4Gbps VCSEL-APD Free Space Optic Link

Konferenz: ECOC 2024 - 50th European Conference on Optical Communication
22.09.2024-26.09.2024 in Frankfurt, Germany

Tagungsband: ITG-Fb. 317: ECOC 2024

Seiten: 4Sprache: EnglischTyp: PDF

Autoren:
Li, Tongyun; Ali, Wajahat; Liu, Yi; Chen, Rui; Crisp, Michael; Penty, Richard

Inhalt:
real-time VCSEL-APD optical wireless digitized RF fronthaul is demonstrated, achieving a >40dB RF dynamic range, <1.6% EVM and 160MHz RF bandwidth over a 10m optical wireless link with a 4Gbps underlying data rate. A relaxed alignment tolerance is suitable for cell-free MIMO deployment.