SDN/NFV Control and Orchestration of Dynamic Optical Beamforming Services for Beyond 5G Fronthaul Networks

Authors :: Raul Munoz
Giada Landi
Simon Rommel
Juan Brenes
Ricardo Martinez
Ramon Casellas
Ricard Vilalta
Evangelos Grivas
Carlos Manso
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Terahertz Photonic Systems
Terahertz Systems
Electro-Optical Communication
Center for Quantum Materials and Technology Eindhoven
Center for Wireless Technology Eindhoven
Source :: 2020 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2020, ECOC
Publication Year :: 2020
Publisher :: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2020.
Abstract: This paper presents and experimentally validates an SDN/NFV architecture for the management of optical beamforming connectivity and network services for beyond 5G fronthaul, controlling OBFN coherent and incoherent systems, ARoF transceivers, BBUs with analog output/input and RRHs. © 2020 IEEE.

Subjects :: Beamforming
Network Functions Virtualization
Computer science
Control (management)
02 engineering and technology
Network services
Fronthaul
020210 optoelectronics & photonics
5G mobile communication systems
Computer architecture
0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering
Optical communication
Orchestration (computing)
Transceiver
Optical beamforming
5G

Language :: English
Database :: OpenAIRE
Journal :: 2020 European Conference on Optical Communications, ECOC 2020, ECOC
Accession number :: edsair.doi.dedup.....746cd6f4e50a245ee401ff8ee196ef62

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