학술논문
Efficient transport of enhanced CPRI fronthaul over PON [Invited]
Document Type
Periodical
Source
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking J. Opt. Commun. Netw. Optical Communications and Networking, Journal of. 16(2):A136-A142 Feb, 2024
Subject
Language
ISSN
1943-0620
1943-0639
1943-0639
Abstract
Passive optical networks (PONs) facilitate small-cell deployments. Back- and midhaul over PON is being deployed today. As opposed to point-to-point optics, PON extends the aggregation gain into the access domain. We explain the steps taken in the mobile and PON industries to enable efficient eCPRI fronthaul over PON. We explain how fronthaul has evolved into a bandwidth-efficient eCPRI and what mechanisms are in place to enable coordinated scheduling decisions of the mobile and PON systems. The recent end-to-end demonstration of coordinated scheduling helps pave the way towards future industry adoption.