Next Generation Wireless Fronthaul using VCSEL-based Free Space Optics
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Li, Tongyun; Ali, Wajahat; Chen, Rui; Liu, Yi; Crisp, Michael; Penty, Richard
- Source
- 2023 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2023. :1-3 Mar, 2023
- Subject
- Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Photonics and Electrooptics
Radio frequency
Wireless communication
RF signals
Dynamic range
Optics
Optical fiber communication
Safety
- Language
A free-space optics (FSO) based fronthaul final drop is proposed, enabling cost-effective remote unit deployment. Experimental results show >45dB RF dynamic range and an EVM of 1.1% for a 2x20MHz 64QAM RF signal.