5G integrated Fiber-Wireless networks exploiting existing photonic technologies for high-density SDN-programmable network architectures

Fraunhofer IZM is presented as a central institutional contributor to high-frequency photonic receiver technology through design, fabrication, selection and delivery of more than 50 GHz UTC photodiode arrays and flip-chip-ready assemblies for TriPleX OBFN integration.

Key PPS Technical Contributions

• High-speed UTC photodiodes tailored for 5G-PHOS with more than 50 GHz bandwidth, high responsivity and low dark current.
• 47 arrays of 10 GHz photodiodes and multiple 60 GHz UTC-PD samples for RRH and FlexBox integration.
• Photodiode arrays compatible with passive flip-chip alignment to TriPleX optical beamforming networks.
• High-bandwidth photodiode assemblies supplied for TIA validation and FiWi demonstrator integration.

Major Results and Demonstrators

• PPS-relevant components supported multi-wavelength FiWi beam steering, cascaded ROADM fronthaul buses and IF-over-fibre/mmWave links.
• The platform supported laboratory and field trials in Athens, Turin and operator PON infrastructures.

• ARISTOTELIO PANEPISTIMIO THESSALONIKIS, Greece (Project Coordination)
• ORANGE SA, France
• MELLANOX TECHNOLOGIES LTD – MLNX, Israel
• III-V LAB, France
• FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV, Germany
• COSMOTE KINITES TILEPIKOINONIES MONOPROSOPI AE, Greece
• IQUADRAT INFORMATICA SL, Spain
• INTERUNIVERSITAIR MICRO-ELECTRONICA CENTRUM, Belgium
• INCELLIGENT IDIOTIKI KEFALAIOUCHIKIETAIREIA, Greece
• EREVNITIKO PANEPISTIMIAKO INSTITOUTO SYSTIMATON EPIKOINONION KAI YPOLOGISTON, Greece
• TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN, Netherlands
• SIKLU COMMUNICATION LTD, Israel
• PANTHESSALONIKIOS ATHLITIKOS OMILOS KONSTANTINOUPOLITON - PAOK PODOSFAIRIKI ANONIMI ETAIRIA, Greece
• ERICSSON TELECOMUNICAZIONI SPA, Italy
•  LIONIX INTERNATIONAL BV, Netherlands
• TELECOM ITALIA SPA O TIM SPA, Italy