Coexistence of Digital Coherent, mmWave and sub-THz Analog RoF Services using OSaaS over converged access-metro live production network

2025/05/23 by Dass, Devika, Delmade, Amol, Raj, Agastya +4
#FOS: Physical sciences #Optics (physics.optics)

paper · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2505.17809

Abstract

We demonstrate the end-to-end transmission of digital coherent and analog radio-over-fiber signals, at mmWave and sub-THz frequencies, over the HEAnet live production metro network using Optical Spectrum-as-a-Service (OSaaS), transparently connected to a passive optical network.

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