Power-over-fiber in a 10 km long multicore fiber link within a 5G fronthaul scenario.
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- Academic Journal
- Authors
- López-Cardona JD; Rommel S; Grivas E; S Montero D; Dubov M; Kritharidis D; Tafur-Monroy I; Vázquez C
- Source
- Publisher: Optica Publishing Group Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 7708433 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1539-4794 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 01469592 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Opt Lett Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE; MEDLINE
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- Language
- English
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.