Cellular Guardband NB-IoT Performance Over PMMA plastic optical fibers

Waseem, M. ; López, A. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Carro, P. L. (Universidad de Zaragoza) ; Losada, M. A. (Universidad de Zaragoza)

Resumen: Over the last decade, the growing demand of connectivity has produced a rapid evolution of 5G technology to answer the requirements of relevant areas such as Internet of Things (IoT). Radio and optical technology convergence appears as a solution to fulfill the needs of the future networks, exploiting the high bandwidth-range of optical fibers with the ubiquity and mobility of radio communications. The concept of Radio-over-Fiber has usually been applied successfully using silica fibers to transmit light from a modulated laser to a photodetector for demanding applications. In this work, we propose to evaluate the performance of Polymer Optical Fiber (POF) links to carry RF signals for those applications where their limited bandwidth-length product is sufficient, while their fast and cost-effective deployment is paramount. In particular, we analyze the performance of the downlink transmission of Long Term Evolution (LTE) and guardband Narrow-Band Internet of Things (NB-IoT) signals through a 75-m Poly(methyl methacrylate) – PMMA Graded-Index POF. Our study considers a comprehensive set of LTE carrier frequencies and bandwidths.

Idioma: Inglés

DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2023.3331328

Año: 2023

Publicado en: Journal of Lightwave Technology 41, 23 (2023), 7302-7308
ISSN: 0733-8724

Factor impacto JCR: 4.1 (2023)

Categ. JCR: OPTICS rank: 26 / 119 = 0.218 (2023) - Q1 - T1
Categ. JCR: TELECOMMUNICATIONS rank: 33 / 119 = 0.277 (2023) - Q2 - T1
Categ. JCR: ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC rank: 94 / 353 = 0.266 (2023) - Q2 - T1

Factor impacto CITESCORE: 9.4 - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1)

Factor impacto SCIMAGO: 1.37 - Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics (Q1)

Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2021-122505OB-C33
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/T20-23R
Financiación: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T31-23R

Tipo y forma: Artículo (Versión definitiva)

Área (Departamento): Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. (Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com.)