Objectives
Demonstration of a complete ecosystem for high-speed data transmission through multi-core fibers for short-haul link to achieve a capacity of 448 Gbps
Laboratory test with spooled fiber - 4 core (10 km) for capacities from 100 Gbps to 6.4 Tbps with Pol Mux + PAM4 + 4 Wavelengths + 4 cores
Field test of the above with cabled fiber- 4 core (2.5 km underground and 1 km aerial); 12 strands of 4 core, 12 strands of SMF ; The 12 strands to be looped back with min loss splicing.
Comparison of performance of MCF ; 4-core a with SMF
Use-case demonstration for both analog RFoF and Digital high speed communication in the field.
Deliverables
Modulator-based optical frequency comb derived from a single laser with variable spacing, 4 lines with variable frequency separation, uniformity better than 1 dB, OSNR better than 20 dB
Access optical link with 10 km multi-core fiber (four core fibers) with CoT fiber and fan-in/fan-out working at a net data rate of 6.4 Tbps with FEC BER using the comb source. Optimal modulation and pulse shaping to be used. DSP algorithms to be developed
Field demonstration with multicore fibers deployed in field- both underground and aerial implementation, testing of OOK, PAM4 and coherent data transmission
Field demonstration of multicore aerial fibers for RFoF fronthaul
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WP05
Establishment of multicore fiber field testbed
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