Estimação de crosstalk em redes c-ran com fronthaul de cobre

Abstract

The implementation of the 5G standard will make the current mobile network architectures evolve towards C-RAN configurations, which are characterized by concentrating processing on a base station, from where the signal is distributed to remote antennas. To maintain uniform coverage, these systems rely on a dense network of low-power antennas scattered throughout buildings. This approach increases the complexity of the network’s Multi Input Multi Output (MIMO) system, which may hamper certain measurements involving equipment at both ends of the link. This work presents a method for the estimation of Far End Crosstalk (FEXT) and Insetion Loss (IL) using only one end of the link in order to bavoid synchronization problems present in complex MIMO systems. Compared to other methods with similar proposals, the presented technique combines a simpler approach to a lesser degree of dependence on dual loop measurements, besides complementing techniques that can accomplish these measurements, but in a restricted range of frequencies