Analog Radio Over Fiber Aided C-RAN: Optical Aided Beamforming for Multi-User Adaptive MIMO Design

Given the increasing demand for high data-rate, high-performance wireless communications services, the demand on the radio access networks (RAN) has been increasing significantly, where optical fiber has been widely used both for the backhaul and fronthaul. Additionally, advances in signal processin...

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Main Authors: Yichuan Li, Salman Ghafoor, Muhammad Fasih Uddin Butt, Mohammed El-Hajjar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Communications and Networks
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frcmn.2021.725976/full