Open AccessDemonstration of Mobile Fronthaul Test Bed Based on RoF Technology Supporting Two Frequency Assignments and 2 × 2 MIMO Antennas
Author(s) -
Cho SeungHyun,
Han Changyo,
Chung Hwan Seok,
Lee Jong Hyun
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
etri journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.295
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 2233-7326
pISSN - 1225-6463
DOI - 10.4218/etrij.15.0115.0146
Subject(s) - radio over fiber , telecommunications link , radio frequency , electronic engineering , c ran , mimo , computer science , radio access network , engineering , computer network , telecommunications , wireless , base station , mobile station , beamforming
We demonstrate a next‐generation high‐capacity mobile fronthaul based on radio over fiber (RoF) technology, which links between a digital unit and a radio unit supporting two frequency assignments and 2 × 2 multiple input, multiple output antennas. To confirm the technical feasibility of a mobile fronthaul, we experimentally investigate its down‐ and uplink end‐to‐end performances including the optical and radio frequency (RF) signal path. Frequency‐dependent performance deviations, error vector magnitude variations, overall system performance variations caused by optical to electrical conversion, and intermediate frequency to RF conversions are examined. Experimental verifications on multiple LTE uplink signals are performed for the first time. We also demonstrate several commercial mobile Internet services, YouTube video streaming, and file transfers using off‐the‐shelf mobile devices, through a mobile fronthaul based on RoF.