Abstract
In this paper, we have investigated the use of fast wavelength switching optical transmitters and a wavelength selective space switching all-optical network for cellular fronthaul applications. System capacity is calculated by using hard-deadlines that arise from the radio requirements and the physical constraints of the optical network. The results show that the approach proposed can reduce hardware costs by 50% while satisfying the stringent latency requirements of evolving 5G fronthaul systems. An analysis of the impact of varying the switching times of the transmitter and the reconfiguration time of the space switch reveals the limits (1us and 1ms respectively) where the system offers potential benefits compared to fixed networks.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019 |
| Place of Publication | Angers, France |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Volume | 2019-July |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781728127798 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-7281-2780-4 |
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| Publication status | Published (in print/issue) - 1 Jul 2019 |
| Event | 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019 - Angers, France Duration: 9 Jul 2019 → 13 Jul 2019 |
Publication series
| Name | IEEE XPLORE |
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| Publisher | IEEE XPLORE |
| ISSN (Print) | 2162-7339 |
| ISSN (Electronic) | 2161-2064 |
Conference
| Conference | 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2019 |
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| Country/Territory | France |
| City | Angers |
| Period | 9/07/19 → 13/07/19 |
Funding
This work has been supported by the Agile Cloud Service Delivery Using Integrated Photonics Networking project, funded under the US-Ireland R&D programme supported by NSF, SFI and DFE (Grant number NSI-085).
UN SDGs
This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
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SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Keywords
- 5G
- CPRI
- Fast switching networks
- Fronthaul
- Ultra-low latency
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Software Sizing for Cost/Schedule Estimation
Morrow, P. (Author), McChesney, I. (Supervisor) & Wilkie, F. (Supervisor), Nov 2018Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis
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