130141 20241125101151.0 doi 10.1109/JLT.2023.3331328 sideral 136443 ART-2023-136443 eng Waseem, M. (orcid)0000-0002-2616-3735 Cellular Guardband NB-IoT Performance Over PMMA plastic optical fibers 2023 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted 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. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/AEI/PID2021-122505OB-C33 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA-FSE/T20-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T31-23R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 4.1 2023 OPTICS 26 / 119 = 0.218 2023 Q1 T1 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 33 / 119 = 0.277 2023 Q2 T1 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC 94 / 353 = 0.266 2023 Q2 T1 1.37 2023 Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics 2023 Q1 9.4 2023 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion López, A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-5622-9993 Carro, P. L. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-5849-5198 Losada, M. A. Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0003-1542-3236 5008 800 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Electrón.Com. Área Teoría Señal y Comunicac. 41, 23 (2023), 7302-7308 J. lightwave technol. Journal of Lightwave Technology 0733-8724 1675811 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130141/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 3619372 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/130141/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:130141 articulos driver 2024-11-22-12:07:14 ARTICLE