TY - GEN
T1 - CHRONOS
T2 - 1st IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2018
AU - Careem, Maqsood
AU - Khadr, Monette
AU - Hussien, Ahmed F.
AU - Saha, Dola
AU - Elgala, Hany
AU - Dutta, Aveek
N1 - Publisher Copyright: © 2018 IEEE.
PY - 2018/10/31
Y1 - 2018/10/31
N2 - This paper presents CHRONOS, a Cloud based Hybrid RF-Optical Network Over Synchronous Links. The primary goal of this project is to design, build and maintain a multi-node, heterogeneous, wideband, scalable, hybrid and synchronous Cloud Radio Access Network (Cloud RAN or C-RAN), specifically to support emerging applications requiring both THz-optical and conventional sub-6GHz technologies like Wi-Fi and cellular networks. The novelty of the testbed is in enhancing the core capabilities of C-RAN in multiple directions by integrating synchronous RF and Optical links that is not considered for contemporary C-RAN deployments. The long term goal of this project is to utilize the testbed to enable practical research in wireless and optical communication with emphasis on new hardware and software architecture for signal processing. In this paper, we present the design, implementation and initial results of CHRONOS, in an indoor setting, with a clear path to a scalable and real-time network. Our results show synchronous reception across multiple edge nodes while achieving an aggregate bandwidth of 108Mbps using 20MHz OFDM waveform in each RF and optical paths.
AB - This paper presents CHRONOS, a Cloud based Hybrid RF-Optical Network Over Synchronous Links. The primary goal of this project is to design, build and maintain a multi-node, heterogeneous, wideband, scalable, hybrid and synchronous Cloud Radio Access Network (Cloud RAN or C-RAN), specifically to support emerging applications requiring both THz-optical and conventional sub-6GHz technologies like Wi-Fi and cellular networks. The novelty of the testbed is in enhancing the core capabilities of C-RAN in multiple directions by integrating synchronous RF and Optical links that is not considered for contemporary C-RAN deployments. The long term goal of this project is to utilize the testbed to enable practical research in wireless and optical communication with emphasis on new hardware and software architecture for signal processing. In this paper, we present the design, implementation and initial results of CHRONOS, in an indoor setting, with a clear path to a scalable and real-time network. Our results show synchronous reception across multiple edge nodes while achieving an aggregate bandwidth of 108Mbps using 20MHz OFDM waveform in each RF and optical paths.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85057138913
U2 - 10.1109/5GWF.2018.8516709
DO - 10.1109/5GWF.2018.8516709
M3 - Conference contribution
T3 - IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2018 - Conference Proceedings
SP - 351
EP - 356
BT - IEEE 5G World Forum, 5GWF 2018 - Conference Proceedings
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 9 July 2018 through 11 July 2018
ER -