6. Experimental Photonic 40 – 90 GHz Millimetre-Wave Signal Generation and 10 Gb/s 32-QAM Signal Transmission over Hybrid Fiber/FSO 5G Networks

Luis Vallejo, Beatriz Ortega, Jan Bohata, Stanislav Zvanovec and Vicenç Almenar, 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON) (2019)

DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2019.8840435.

We experimentally demonstrate photonic millimetre wave signal generation and distribution over hybrid networks based on wired and wireless links. Optical frequency multiplication based on carrier-suppressed modulation has been employed for generating millimetre wave signals in the 40 – 90 GHz frequency range and 10 Gb/s 32-QAM signals have been successfully transmitted over fiber/FSO networks showing the potentiality of such architectures for future 5G networks deployment in terms of flexibility and coverage.