Power-over-fiber in a 10 km long multicore fiber link within a 5G fronthaul scenario
J. D. López-Cardona, Simon Rommel, Evangelos Grivas, D. S. Montero, Mykhaylo Dubov, Dimitrios Kritharidis, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Carmen Vázquez
Abstract
We evaluate the impact of Power-over-Fiber (PoF) technology on the fronthaul of a 5G-NR network with an Analog-Radio-over-Fiber at 25.5 GHz on a 10 km long multicore fiber. The study in this Letter analyzes the bit error rate (BER) performance for different levels of energy transmitted by the PoF system. 133 mW of maximum optical power at reception is demonstrated showing negligible BER impact or data transmission BER improvement in a dedicated and shared scenario.
Topics & Concepts
Bit error rateTransmission (telecommunications)Optical fiberPower (physics)FiberComputer scienceRadio over fiberMulti-core processorPassive optical networkOpticsElectronic engineeringTelecommunicationsWavelength-division multiplexingPhysicsMaterials scienceEngineeringDecoding methodsWavelengthQuantum mechanicsComposite materialOperating systemAdvanced Photonic Communication SystemsOptical Network TechnologiesAdvanced Optical Network Technologies