title: Towards 5G: A Photonic Based Millimeter Wave Signal Generation for Applying in 5G Access Fronthaul.
abstract: 5G communications require a multi Gb/s data transmission in its small cells. For this purpose millimeter wave (mm-wave) RF signals are the best solutions to be utilized for high speed data transmission. Generation of these high frequency RF signals is challenging in electrical domain therefore photonic generation of these signals is more studied. In this work, a photonic based simple and robust method for generating millimeter waves applicable in 5G access fronthaul is presented. Besides generating of the mm-wave signal in the 60 GHz frequency band the radio over fiber (RoF) system for transmission of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with 5 GHz bandwidth is presented. For the purpose of wireless transmission for 5G application the required antenna is designed and developed. The total system performance in one small cell was studied and the error vector magnitude (EVM) of the system was evaluated.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Malaysia.
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Alavi
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: M R K
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Soltanian
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: I S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Amiri
authors.affiliation: Institute for Communication Systems (ICS), home of the 5G Innovation Centre, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of Surrey, Guildford GU2 7XH, U.K.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khalily
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 UTM Johor Bahru Malaysia.
authors.forename: A S M
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Supa'at
authors.affiliation: Photonics Research Centre, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ahmad
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