Millimeter-wave wireless communications for home network in fiber-to-the-room scenario
Chao HE1(), Zhixiong REN1(), Xiang WANG1(), Yan ZENG1(), Jian FANG2(), Debin HOU3(), Le KUAI3(), Rong LU3(), Shilin YANG3(), Zhe CHEN3(), Jixin CHEN3()
1. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Shenzhen 518129, China 2. The State Radio Monitoring Center, Beijing 100037, China 3. State Key Laboratory of Millimeter Waves, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096, China
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology has been well studied for both outdoor long-distance transmission and indoor short-range communication. In the recently emerging fiber-to-the-room (FTTR) architecture in the home network of the fifth generation fixed networks (F5G), mmWave technology can be cascaded well to a new optical network terminal in the room to enable extremely high data rate communication (i.e.,>10 Gb/s). In the FTTR+mmWave scenario, the rapid degradation of the mmWave signal in long-distance transmission and the significant loss against wall penetration are no longer the bottlenecks for real application. Moreover, the surrounding walls of every room provide excellent isolation to avoid interference and guarantee security. This paper provides insights and analysis for the new FTTR+mmWave architecture to improve the customer experience in future broadband services such as immersive audiovisual videos.
