NR Conformance Testing of Analog Radio-over-LWIR FSO Fronthaul link for 6G Distributed MIMO Networks
Rafael Puerta, Mengyao Han, Mahdieh Joharifar, Richard Schatz, Yan-Ting Sun, Yuchuan Fan, Anders Djupsjöbacka, Grégory Maisons, Johan Abautret, Roland Teissier, Lu Zhang, Sandis Spolitis, Muguang Wang, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs, Sebastian Lourdudoss, Xianbin Yu, Sergei Popov, Oskars Ozolins, Xiaodan Pang
2023-02-09
Abstract
We experimentally test the compliance with 5G/NR 3GPP technical specifications of an analog radio-over-FSO link at 9 {\mu}m. The ACLR and EVM transmitter requirements are fulfilled validating the suitability of LWIR FSO for 6G fronthaul.