Europe's First 5G-Ready Railway Trial Utilizing Integrated Optical Passive WDM Access and Broadband Millimeter-Wave to Deliver Multi-Gbit/s Seamless Connectivity
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Zou, Jim; Legg, Peter; Santiago, Romeo; Bruschi, Valerio; Graham, Richard; Pontarelli, Salvatore; Belocchi, Giacomo; Petrucci, Luca; Ciria, Paula; Teres, Carles; Agusti, Juan; Alfageme, Manuel
- Source
- 2020 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) Optical Communications (ECOC), 2020 European Conference on. :1-3 Dec, 2020
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Fields, Waves and Electromagnetics
Photonics and Electrooptics
Signal Processing and Analysis
Wireless communication
Integrated optics
Europe
Optical fiber networks
Wavelength division multiplexing
Rail transportation
Broadband communication
- Language
We successfully carried out Europe's first 5G-ready railway trial in an operational environment by combining a passive wavelength-agnostic WDM for optical transport and 60 GHz millimeter-wave for wireless connectivity. The trial achieved multi-Gbit/s seamless connectivity from track-side access points to a fast-moving train.