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한국전자통신학회 (Korea Institute of Electronic Communication Science)
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LTE-Advanced 이동통신망 Fronthaul 구간을 위한 Radio over Fiber 시스템의 필요 전송용량 및 요구사항 분석

Required Specification Analysis of Radio over Fiber system for LTE-Advanced Fronthaul link

  • 김성만 (경성대학교 전자공학과)
  • 투고 : 2014.06.10
  • 심사 : 2014.08.11
  • 발행 : 2014.08.31
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전 세계적으로 스마트폰이 널리 보급되고 있으며, 이에 따라 이동통신망에서 데이터 통신의 수요가 폭증하고 있다. 이를 수용하기 위하여 전 세계적으로 LTE-Advanced와 같은 차세대 이동통신 서비스가 보급되고 있다. 이러한 LTE-Advanced 기지국을 구현함에 있어서 DU(digital unit)와 RU(radio unit)로 분리된 형상의 기지국이 많이 사용되고 있다. 이때에 DU와 RU를 연결하는 네트워크 구간인 Fronthaul 구간에 기존에는 CPRI(common public radio interface)라는 디지털 광통신 기술로 구현되어 왔으나, 폭증하는 데이터 수용을 감당하기에는 그 한계에 다다른 상태이다. 따라서, 본 논문에서는 이 구간을 아날로그 광통신 기술인 RoF(Radio over Fiber)로 구현하여 폭증하는 전송용량을 경제적으로 수용할 수 있는 방안을 연구하였다. 또한, LTE-Advanced 이동통신망의 Fronthaul 구간을 RoF로 구현하기 위한 기술적인 요구사항을 연구하였다.

Since smart phones are widely used globally, the demand for high-speed mobile communications are increasing. To accommodate the increased communication demand, the next-generation mobile communication services such as LTE-Advanced are deployed. In the LTE-Advanced base stations, the base station schemes of Digital Unit (DU) and Radio Unit (RU) are widely used. Here, the link between DU and RU is called fronthaul link. In the current fronthaul link, a digital optical communication interface is used, which is called Common Public Radio Interface (CPRI). However, the CPRI link cannot support the increased mobile traffic efficiently. Therefore, in this paper, we investigate an alternative technology based on the Radio over Fiber (RoF) to accommodate the increased mobile traffic economically.

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피인용 문헌

  1. Optical Radio Wave Systems in Wireless Fronthaul Networks vol.53, pp.2, 2016, https://doi.org/10.5573/ieie.2016.53.2.003