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A RISTOTLE U NIVERSITY OF T HESSALONIKI 5G integrated Fiber-Wireless networks exploiting existing photonic technologies for high-density SDN-programmable network architectures George Kalfas , Sotirios Papaioannou & Nikos Pleros Dptm of Informatics, Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Innovation (C.I.R.I.) Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece IEEE 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, Greece, July 11, 2017

Overall goal AUTH ◉ V-band packetized C-RAN Fronthaul. 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 ◉ Analog RoF w/ massive MIMO. ◉ Innovation Action: Close to market solutions. MTN Cyprus Orange Labs P.A.O.K. F.C. Field Trials: 2

Solution Approach AUTH 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 Nx25Gb/s Network Planning and Operation SDN End to end delay constraints FPGA- MT-DBA uplink Superframe NP-based SDN Transceiver implemented controller optics MT-DBA MAC MT-DBA Header DSP engine Header frame frame frame frame CO ETH ETH ETH ETH FlexBox OBFN PHY 3 1.5-8.5 GHz analog

Technologies AUTH SDN 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 SDN + processor MAC Beamfor ming + MIMO FPGA Channel mapping/ coding Mini- OBFN InP ROADM 10G TX + EAM InP PD PHY 10G Optics RRH 4 FlexBox family Centralized Unit

FlexBox family Centralized Units AUTH  25 Gb/s FlexBox for 25 Gb/s PON-overlaid networks 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 SDN processor FlexBox DSP 25Gb/s NRZ To 25Gb/s 7Gbaud optical 1 fiber data (16QAM) InP 10G TX + EAM V-band MIMO RRH 1 λ InP PD 10G  16x25 Gb/s FlexBox-Pro-SDM for 400 Gb/s p2p SDM FiWi links 16 fibers SDN processor FlexBox-Pro-SDM DSP 25Gb/s NRZ 16x To 400Gb/s 7Gbaud optical data (16QAM) 16x InP 10G TX + EAM V-band MIMO RRH 16x InP PD 10G 1 λ  4x25 Gb/s FlexBox-Pro-WDM for 100 Gb/s TWDM FiWi links SDN processor FlexBox-Pro-WDM DSP 25Gb/s NRZ 4x To 100Gb/s 1 fiber 7Gbaud optical data (16QAM) 4x InP 10G TX + EAM V-band MIMO RRH 4 λ 5 4x InP PD 10G

mmWave antennas for 5G networks AUTH 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 V-band : 57-64 GHz 4096 antenna elements! Massive MIMO layout Not possible by 1 OBFN! 64x64 antenna elements MIMO module (16x16) Tile module High-capacity (4x4)  25 Gb/s RF beamforming of 16 AEs  100 Gb/s & down-convert to 5GHz  400Gb/s Beamforming technology SOLUTION  Single- λ (25 & 16x25 Gb/s) Modular technology path +  Multi- λ (4x25 Gb/s) Hybrid beamforming OBFN-based RRHs 6

Mini-ROADM AUTH HOT-SPOT AREA 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 (STADIUM) UE4 UE2 UE1 UE3 2x25 Gb/s 2x25 Gb/s Hot-Spot Hot-Spot RRH2 RRH1 RRH RRH Conf. Pkt. Conf. Pkt. 100G DATA DATA FlexBox-Pro AWG AWG Pkt. Pkt. WDM 4x25Gb/s DATA ROADM ROADM TriPleX Pkt. DATA technology Pkt. TUNING CTR TUNING CTR λ1 , λ 2, λ3 , λ 4 ROADM ROADM Conf. Pkt. Conf. Pkt. 7 λ 2, λ3 @RRH1 ( ΔΤ1) λ1 , λ 4 @RRH2 ( ΔΤ2) B. Skubic, et al.," JLT 33, 1084-1091 (2015)

Packetized Fronthaul & CoMP AUTH 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 MT-DBA MT-DBA Header Header frame frame frame frame ETH ETH ETH ETH SPLITTER CO MT-DBA Header frame frame ETH ETH ◉ Medium-Transparent access control over both media ◉ Ethernet payload compatible ◉ Cooperative Multipoint communications ◉ Centralized architecture enables re-routing of traffic 8

Testbed location in CIRI, Thessaloniki AUTH 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 OFFICES NOESIS  CO  Indoor LAB CO  Indoor RRH  Rooftop RRH  Outdoor  Lamppost RRH CIRI CoMP CoMP CoMP 9

Partners AUTH  9 countries 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017  16 partners  2 research centers  3 operators  2 equipment vendors  3 universities  5 SMEs  1 football club 10

Contacts AUTH Project Coordinator: N. Pleros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, npleros@csd.auth.gr 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 G. Kalfas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, gkalfas@csd.auth.gr S. Papaioannou, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, sopa@csd.auth.gr Technical Manager: G. Lymperopoulos, COSMOTE, Greece, glimperop@cosmote.gr Innovation Managers: R. Magri, Ericsson, Italy, roberto.magri@ericsson.com E. Kartsakli, Iquadrat, Spain, ellik@iquadrat.com Thank you for your attention! 11

OBFN AUTH Single- λ OBFN MIMO module #1 RF BF (Ultra) 16x RF Dense 5G Greece Summit, Thessaloniki, July 11, 2017 16x1 single- λ OBFN1 Areas 16x1 single- λ MIMO RRH OBFN17 To 400Gb/s FlexBox-Pro MIMO module #16 SDM C. Roeloffzen et al., 34th ESA Antenna Workshop, (2012) To 25Gb/s 16x1 single- λ OBFN16 FlexBox Multi- λ OBFN  TriPleX waveguide technology Hot- WDM: Exploit the frequency Spot  7 GHz instantaneous bandwidth periodicity of RRs Areas  Fewer RRs  > 1 ns tunable optical delays  Cost & energy savings Multi- λ OBFN  Reduced footprint To 100Gb/s FlexBox-Pro WDM M. Burla et al., JLT 32, 3509-3520 (2014) 12 Single- λ OBFN M. Burla et al., JLT 32, 3509-3520 (2014)