The increasing demand on user rates in the fifth generation (5G) requires network architectures that can support high data rates with acceptable reliability. In order to increase the data rates in the presence of the current spectrum crisis, shrinking cells and reusing the spectrum is a proposed solution. Conventional implementation of dense cells requires a large number of expensive BSs to locally process and decode users’ signals. Another limiting factor that degrades the performance in a dense network is the inter-cell interference. A cloud radio access network (CRAN) is a promising solution to those cost, complexity, and interference challenges. A typical CRAN architecture consists of simplified low-cost base stations (BSs), termed radio units (RUs), that collect the radio frequency (RF) user equipments’ (UEs) signals and forward them over the fronthaul links to the central office (CO) where signal processing is done over shared resources. Besides the reduced cost and complexity of a CRAN, the joint processing at the CO enables joint interference mitigation techniques. However, the performance of CRANs depends critically on the availability of reliable fronthaul links with large bandwidth that may be expensive. Analog optical fronthaul links provide high data rates at lower cost and complexity since UEs’ signals are optically analog-modulated without digitalization, however, they suffer from other channel impairments and nonlinearities. In this thesis, analog optical fronthaul topologies are considered in which radio signals are forwarded over free-space optical (FSO) links, termed radio-over-free-space optical (RoFSO) links, and optical fiber (OF) links, termed radio-over-fiber (RoF) links. Firstly, a CRAN with mixed RF/RoFSO fronthaul is considered to investigate the performance improvement when RF fronthaul links are replaced one-by-one by RoFSO links. A novel joint optimization problem is introduced for the given architecture in which the weighted sum of UEs’ rates is maximized by jointly designing RF and RoFSO links. The optimization problem is solved over different numbers of RF and RoFSO links and under various weather conditions. Under favorable weather conditions, the replacement of 1 RF link by a RoFSO link is shown to increase the 50th percentile of UEs’ rates by 7 times. Secondly, the reliability of a CRAN with two-hop RoFSO/RoF fronthaul links is derived along with other performance metrics such as the average bit-error rate and the cumulative distribution function of UEs’ rates. For the given architecture, the Gaussian noise model of fiber nonlinearity is applied and an optimal OF average optical power is derived to minimize the outage probability. Using the optimal power, and under favorable weather conditions, the 50th percentile of user rate exceeds 1:5 Gbps. Finally, a CRAN with passive all-optical two-hop fronthaul links is considered where optical signals from the first RoFSO fronthaul hop are passively coupled into the RoF fronthaul link. The fronthaul outage probability is derived in the context of network planning to provide guidance on designing a set of system parameters. Those parameters include coverage area radius, density of RUs, RoFSO gain, RoFSO optical power and RoF length. / Thesis / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) / The upcoming generation of wireless communications, termed fifth generation (5G), promises faster data rates and lower latency. In order to achieve this, more base stations (BSs) have to be deployed which increases the cost and complexity of the network. A solution to this challenge is to install simple BSs, i.e. radio units (RUs), that collect signals from users and forward them to a central office (CO) for joint processing which is referred to as a cloud radio access network (CRAN). The fronthaul network in a CRAN connects the RUs to the CO and it can be implemented using different kinds of links. While there are several fronthaul media (e.g., radio frequency (RF), free-space optical (FSO) links, copper lines, satellite communications, and optical fiber (OF)), optical links provide high data rates that are promising to achieve the 5G requirements. In this thesis, a novel architecture of a CRAN is considered in which analog optical links, namely FSO links and OF links, are used for fronthauling. Performance improvement in terms of rate and reliability is investigated and optimized through different design tools. In response to the challenges introduced by the proposed architecture, such as the nonlinearities of analog FSO and OF links, various design parameters are proposed in the optimization problems to tackle those challenges. Furthermore, a network planning framework is introduced to provide guidance and insights on designing the network.

Orientador: Helio Waldman / Tese (doutorado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-07T03:14:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mello_DarliAugustodeArruda_D.pdf: 2229379 bytes, checksum: e813cff8c9fed2550e1d237c195fd740 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2006 / Resumo: A tese propõe conceitos e ferramentas matemáticas para a alocação eficiente de conexões com habilidade de sobrevivência diferenciada. Utilizamos a disponibilidade como critério na escolha dos mecanismos de proteção e restauração que atuam no controle da habilidade de sobrevivência. Diante da carência de métodos de estimação de disponibilidade acurados, propusemos aproximações baseadas em um modelo markoviano. Obtivemos também limitantes à disponibilidade que permitem calcular erros de estimação. Desenvolvemos então um algoritmo para a alocação de conexões com disponibilidade garantida. Com ele verificamos, usando simulações, a aplicabilidade da proteção por compartilhamento de caminhos de reserva (SBPP) e da proteção de caminho dedicada (DPP) em redes de dimensões nacionais (rede italiana) e continentais (rede estadunidense). Em redes de dimensões nacionais a SBPP oferece ganhos de compartilhamento. Em redes de dimensões continentais a SBPP e a DPP mostraram-se inviáveis devido às restrições de disponibilidade. Por fim, sugerimos utilizar a distribuição da disponibilidade de intervalo e da duração de períodos de inoperância na formulação de contratos de níveis de serviço. Computamos a distribuição das duas métricas por métodos numéricos existentes, e analiticamente, respectivamente / Abstract: This thesis proposes concepts and mathematical formulations for the efficient allocation of connections with differentiated survivability. We use availability to found the choice of adequate protection or restoration mechanisms for survivability differentiation. Given a lack of accurate methods for availability estimation, we proposed approximations based on Markov models. We also derived bounds to the availability that allow to calculate estimation errors. We then developed an algorithm for allocating connections with guaranteed availability. It allowed us to verify the applicability of the shared backup path protection (SBPP) and dedicated path protection (DPP) schemes in networks of national (Italian network) and continental (American NSFNet) dimensions. In networks of national dimensions SBPP allows capacity gains. In networks of continental dimensions the use of both SBPP and DPP has shown to be impractical due to availability constraints. Finally, we suggested to employ the interval availability and outage duration distributions for the elaboration of service level agreements. We computed the distributions using existing numerical methods, and analytically, respectively / Doutorado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Doutor em Engenharia Elétrica

Orientador: Helio Waldman / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Engenharia Eletrica e de Computação / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-15T01:36:55Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Quiterio_GustavodaSilva_M.pdf: 870416 bytes, checksum: 198b57ef8e0e92a004b4a54a7b13bcf9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009 / Resumo: A relação entre os operadores do sistema de telecomunicação e seus clientes é pautada por um contrato de nível de serviço (SLA - Service Level Agreements) fixado entre ambas as partes e, o não atendimento a algum dos itens presentes nesse contrato é passível de multa. Dentre as responsabilidades fixadas neste acordo, usualmente se considera a disponibilidade, uma vez que, ao cliente interessa garantias de que a sua conexão estará funcionando adequadamente e, ao operador, limites de responsabilidade no serviço prestado. A disponibilidade pode ser definida como a probabilidade média de o sistema estar operando em um intervalo de observação que tende ao infinito. Entretanto, os SLAs são normalmente fixados para períodos de tempo inferiores a um ano, o que abre espaço para a utilização de uma métrica diferente, a disponibilidade de intervalo. A disponibilidade de intervalo é uma variável aleatória definida como a fração de uma janela de tempo finita em que a conexão permanece operante. Ela é portanto uma métrica mais eficaz para ser utilizada em SLAs. Esta dissertação investiga duas técnicas existentes para a estimação da disponibilidade de intervalo e propõe um novo método que, em determinados cenários, apresenta elevada acurácia e fácil implementação. / Abstract: The relation between telecommunication system operators and their customers is guided by a service level agreement (SLA) set by both sides, and the non-attendance to some clauses is punishable by a fine. Among the responsibilities set out in this agreement, usually, availability is considered, once that to the customers what matters are warranties that their connection will be working properly and, to the operator the important are the limits of responsibilities over the service. Availability can be defined as the probability that the system is working during an interval of observation which tend to the infinity. However, SLAs are generally set for periods of less than one year, which suggests the use of a different measurement, the interval availability. The interval availability is a random variable defined as the fraction of a finite time window in which the operation remains working. It is, therefore, a more effective measurement to be used in SLAs. This dissertation investigates two existing techniques for estimating the interval availability, and proposes a new method that, in certain scenarios, has high accuracy and easy implementation. / Mestrado / Telecomunicações e Telemática / Mestre em Engenharia Elétrica

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published_or_final_version / abstract / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / abstract / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Doctoral / Doctor of Philosophy

published_or_final_version / Electrical and Electronic Engineering / Master / Master of Philosophy

A new interferometric method which indirectly measures the total chromatic dispersion of a single mode fiber is demonstrated. The technique utilizes a short length of fiber, an unmodulated broadband source, simple low frequency electronics, and a standard interferometer. The concept of this measurement is based on the behavior of the uncorrelated individual bursts of light from the elemental emitters that constitute a thermal source. Their propagation through a dispersive media, e.g., silica fiber, which is placed in one arm of the interferometer, is delayed and broadened. They will interfere with their counterpart from the other arm, generating a train of time-varying fringes as one mirror of the interferometer is uniformly translated. The local frequency of the fringes at a given position of the moving mirror is a direct measure of the instantaneous wavelength, while the mirror position itself demarks the corresponding relative delay. A colinearly launched HeNe laser beam is used as a reference to calibrate the other source's fringe width and location of the mirror. In this experiment, an edge-emitting LED of λo = 830 nm and Δλ = 60 nm was used. The tested fibers had a length of 27.9 cm and 38.3 cm, which made the width of the crosscorrelation function approximately 100 times greater than the source's coherence length. The speed of the mechanically driven mirror set the frequency of the HeNe fringes to approximately 800 Hz with an r.m.s. fluctuation around the mean of 0.2%. The SNR of the HeNe fringes was four times larger than the LED's. Ten different runs for each fiber were executed. Data from the two sets of simultaneous measurements of delay versus wavelength were used to fit the best linear and quadratic polynomials with a minimum residual mean error square. The derivative of this function with respect to wavelength gave the dispersion relation. The accuracy of measured delay and wavelength were 0.1 ps and 6 nm, respectively. The dispersion value and its standard error for the best linear fit was approximately 117 ∓ 2 ps/km nm. The standard error for the quadratic fit was much larger due to the high noise level accompanying signal. A thorough investigation of the noise sources, accuracies, standard error of the polynomial's coefficient, and SNR analysis is conducted. This measurement is simple and has the potential of achieving substantially higher accuracy--especially for the longer wavelength region where dispersion is minute.

Recent experiments with optical fibers have reached a remarkable development for optical communication spectroscopy as well as a medical technology. Hollow optical fibers are required for optical communications. The measurement of the transmission of light through fibers can provide information about the fiber quality and about the far-field energy which radiates from the fiber end. We used five flexible hollow fused quartz fibers to study laser beam propagation down the fiber axis. Five different refractive index fluids were prepared and inserted into the fiber core to measure the transmitted intensity as a function of core property. The plots of the normalized, relative transmitted intensity measured as a function of the beam insertion point show the dependence of the transmitted intensity as a function of fiber diameter and refractive index fluid.

Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited / A study of SONET network management applications and the load they impart to the network is conducted to provide a better understanding of the capability of various management approaches. In this study, a SONET network is set up in the Advanced Networking Laboratory of the Naval Postgraduate School using four Cisco ONS 15454s. Next, two Element Management Systems, the Cisco Transport Controller and the Cisco Transport Manager, are deployed onto the SONET network. Subsequently, the network traffic of the Element Management Systems is captured and analyzed using a packet analyzer. Link utilization of the two tools is computed using the first-order statistics of the captured traffic distributions. In addition, the Hurst parameter is estimated using the variance-index plot technique (which uses higher-orders statistics of the modeled distributions) to determine the captured traffic's degree of self-similarity. Finally, the calculated utilization is extrapolated to obtain the link utilization for 2500 network elements (the maximum number supported by the Cisco Transport Manager). The result obtained is useful in determining the maximum number of network elements (Cisco ONS 15454s) that the Cisco Transport Manager can support from a network loading point of view. / Civilian, Ministry of Defense, Singapore