Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping to Enhance ARoF Fronthaul Capacity for Mm-Wave 5G/6G Systems

Javier Perez Santacruz, Simon Rommel, Antonio Jurado-Navas, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy

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Abstract

Analog radio-over-fiber (ARoF) technology has proven to be a promising solution to be part of the future millimeter-wave (mm-wave) 5G/6G architecture due to its attractive benefits such as simplified remote antenna units (RAUs), low-power consumption, and low cost. However, ARoF channels present hefty drawbacks, such as phase noise and nonlinear effects, that need to be addressed. The probabilistic amplitude shaping (PAS) technique is able to reduce the impact of such drawbacks, allowing a fine optimization of channel capacity usage. In particular, enumerative sphere shaping (ESS) implementation stands out as an excellent PAS approach because of its energy-efficiency and low complexity for short blocklengths. In this work, for the first time to the best of our knowledge, an ESS scheme is evaluated in an experimental bidirectional mm-wave ARoF setup oriented towards 5G communications. Furthermore, a novel soft ESS demapping algorithm is proposed and explained. The experimental results confirm the ESS technique, together with the proposed algorithm, as a convenient solution to enhance the channel capacity use of mm-wave ARoF systems for the 5G/6G fronthaul.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications & 6G Summit (EuCNC/6G Summit)
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages130-135
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)978-1-6654-9871-5
ISBN (Print)978-1-6654-9872-2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2022
Event2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC & 6G Summit - Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Duration: 7 Jun 202210 Jun 2022
https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/conhome/9815454/proceeding

Conference

Conference2022 Joint European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC & 6G Summit
Abbreviated titleEuCNC
Country/TerritoryFrance
CityGrenoble
Period7/06/2210/06/22
Internet address

Keywords

  • 5G
  • 6G
  • ARoF
  • Fronthaul
  • mm-wave
  • Soft Demapping
  • Enumerative Sphere ShapIng
  • Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping
  • OFDM
  • Soft Decision
  • PAS
  • ESS
  • soft demapping
  • probabilistic shaping
  • fronthaul

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    Tafur Monroy, I. (Project Manager), Rommel, S. (Project member), Patterson, D. (Project member), Cimoli, B. (Project member), Witteveen, F. (Project member), Sanders, R. (Project communication officer) & Barros Carvalho, J. (Project member)

    1/06/1731/05/20

    Project: Research direct

  • 5G STEP FWD

    Tafur Monroy, I. (Project Manager), Witteveen, F. (Project member), Konstantinou, D. (Project member), Perez Santacruz, J. (Project member), Sanders, R. (Project communication officer), Rommel, S. (Project member) & Tafur Monroy, I. (Project member)

    1/06/171/05/23

    Project: Research direct

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