High-density mobile fronthaul optical interconnects using few-mode fibres
This project aims to develop a prototype of high-density optical interconnects for mobile fronthaul systems using few-mode transmission techniques. This is to meet extremely high bandwidth demand from 5G mobile standard which is to be rolled out worldwide in the near future.
Summary
This project will develop a high-density optical interconnect (HDOI) for mobile fronthaul systems using few-mode fibre (FMF) transmission technology with the industrial partner Diamond Optics. This involves theoretical analysis, design, assembling and testing of the few-mode fibre based optical transmission, which is compatible with cost-effective off-the-shelf transceivers. Our partner organisation, Diamond Optics, a local company, is the world's leading manufacturer of high-precision fibre optic products, and successfully serves several markets of numerous countries worldwide.
This 3-year project (July 2020-July 2022) is funded by the ARC Linkage Project.
Contact
- from July 2019 to Dec 2020
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System modelling for mobile fronthaul systems and advanced design for FMF-based subsystems and systems
- from Jan 2020 to Dec 2020
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Construction of the prototype test bed for FMF-based fibre interconnect systems
- from Jan 2021 to July 2022
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Experimental demonstration of FMF-based interconnects with digital data and identify the end-to-end system performance