Testbed Verification of New Fronthaul Technology for 5G Systems

Gomes, Nathan J., Assimakopoulos, Philippos, Chanclou, Philippe, Habel, Kai, Jungnickel, Volker, Ritosa, Patrik, Zou, Jim, Elbers, Jörg-Peter, Thomas, Howard, Linne, Gregor, and others. (2019) Testbed Verification of New Fronthaul Technology for 5G Systems. In: 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops). 2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops. . IEEE ISBN 978-1-72812-373-8. (doi:10.1109/ICCW.2019.8756785) (KAR id:73129)

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Abstract

The fronthaul for 5th generation mobile systems (and beyond) has evolved with new splits for the radio access network functions defined, and the transport for these split interfaces having very different requirements. Testing of the transport for such split interfaces is reported, and it is shown that an Ethernet fronthaul transport network, which is capable of bringing efficiency gains through statistical multiplexing, can meet stringent latency and latency variation requirements, assuming buffering and playout of the radio waveforms and that timing/synchronization signals are prioritized. An aggregation technique for a 100 Gb/s Ethernet trunk which provides for such timing signals is demonstrated. Real-time monitoring of the Ethernet fronthaul for software-defined networking control and performance optimization is also shown.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Proceeding)
DOI/Identification number:	10.1109/ICCW.2019.8756785
Uncontrolled keywords:	5th generation mobile systems, evolved fronthaul, radio over Ethernet, Open Radio Access Network
Subjects:	T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering > TK5101 Telecommunications
Divisions:	Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Engineering and Digital Arts
Depositing User:	Nathan Gomes
Date Deposited:	22 Mar 2019 19:00 UTC
Last Modified:	04 Mar 2024 16:41 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/73129 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Gomes, Nathan J..

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Assimakopoulos, Philippos.

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