Thomas Pfeiffer

ORCID: 0000-0001-8445-4525
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  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Optical Network Technologies
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Software-Defined Networks and 5G
  • Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Network Time Synchronization Technologies
  • IoT and Edge/Fog Computing
  • Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling
  • Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks (VANETs)
  • graph theory and CDMA systems
  • Smart Grid Security and Resilience
  • Power Line Communications and Noise
  • Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies
  • Telecommunications and Broadcasting Technologies
  • Network Traffic and Congestion Control
  • Advanced Computational Techniques and Applications
  • Digital Platforms and Economics
  • Transition Metal Oxide Nanomaterials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services
  • Cellular Automata and Applications
  • Power Systems and Technologies

Nokia (Germany)
2016-2023

Nokia (United States)
2008-2023

Stuttgart University of Applied Sciences
2023

Nokia (Finland)
2022

Trinity College Dublin
2017

Alcatel Lucent (Germany)
2001-2015

DuPont (Germany)
1988

Centralized processing is expected to bring about substantial benefits for wireless networks both on the technical side and economic side. While this concept considered an important part of future radio access network architectures, it more recognized that current approach fronthauling by employing Common Public Radio Interface protocol will be inefficient large-scale deployments in many respects, particularly new generation 5G. In paper, overview given currently available optical fronthaul...

10.1364/jocn.7.000b38 article EN Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 2015-09-14

Passive optical networks are the most important class of fiber access systems in world today. This article first reviews reasons why PON as a general architecture is so important. We then outline some depth technologies used to implement this architecture, including G-PON and E-PON being deployed today, advanced that provide evolution path ever higher bandwidths

10.1109/mcom.2007.344582 article EN IEEE Communications Magazine 2007-03-01

Given the requirements for a next-generation PON, architecture of system solution must be considered. There are many different systems that can provide services and system-level features desired next generation PON; however, each has its own challenges advantages. This article presents set possible solutions, puts them into perspective likely standardization. It also considers how key requirement coexistence could accommodated.

10.1109/mcom.2009.5307466 article EN IEEE Communications Magazine 2009-11-01

Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) has promised to increase the capacity in telecommunications access networks for well over thirty years.While it is widely recognized that optical fibre based will be a necessity short medium term future, its large upfront cost and regulatory issues are pushing many operators further postpone deployment, while installing intermediate, unambitious solutions such as Fibre-to-the-cabinet (FTTC).Such high investment of both network core upgrade often derives from poor...

10.1109/mcom.2014.6736741 article EN IEEE Communications Magazine 2014-02-01

The evolution to ever higher radio bandwidths and the massive introduction of new services technologies in 5G networks, along with their challenging requirements time frequency domain will warrant revisiting present CPRI fronthaul approach.

10.1364/ofc.2015.m2j.7 article EN Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2015-01-01

The high capacity of future 5G wireless networks must be supported by equivalent high-capacity fixed for backhaul and fronthaul (x-haul) transport. Especially the trend toward densification radio networks, in which many small cells are located next to macrocells, will call cost-efficient x-haul solutions meet overall business case targets. Optical access technologies bear great potential offer low-cost these transport links. Starting from requirements on bandwidth, latency, other critical...

10.1109/mcomstd.001.1900043 article EN IEEE Communications Standards Magazine 2020-03-01

Time division multiplexing passive optical networks (TDM-PONs) are the most widely deployed system solutions in current broadband access worldwide. The energy and cost efficiency of both their implementation operation has reached levels that also make them an attractive option for other sensitive communication networks. We discuss how essential features TDM-PON specifications can be leveraged to use low latency high capacity professional services public private Also, possible PON...

10.1364/jocn.439241 article EN Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 2021-10-05

This paper reports on the architectural, protocol, physical layer, and integrated testbed demonstrations carried out by DISCUS FP7 consortium in area of access–metro network convergence. Our architecture modeling results show vast potential for cost power savings that node consolidation can bring. The architecture, however, also recognizes limits long-reach transmission low-latency 5G services proposes ways to address such shortcomings future projects. results, which have been conducted...

10.1364/jocn.9.000524 article EN Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 2017-05-31

The promise of future generations mobile communication, both 5.5 and 6G, is that continued increases in capacity coverage the wireless communication network together with novel applications demanding higher levels performance between devices their on servers cloud. In addition, growing shift towards virtualization function itself offers perhaps most stringent requirements network. To continue to offer ever capacities speeds, networks will be required further densify addressing demands...

10.1109/jlt.2021.3110436 article EN Journal of Lightwave Technology 2021-09-08

This paper presents ACCORDANCE, a novel ultra-high capacity extended reach optical access network architecture based on OFDMA technology/protocols, implemented through the proper mix of state-of-the-art photonics and electronics. Such is not only intended to offer improved performance compared evolving TDMA-PON solutions but also provide opportunity for convergence between optical, radio copper-based access. Although OFDM has been used in communications, it recently that making its way into...

10.1109/icton.2010.5549027 article EN 2010-06-01

Dynamically reconfigurable time-division multiplexing (TDM) dense wavelength division (DWDM) long-reach passive optical networks (PONs) can support the reduction of nodes and network interfaces by enabling a fully meshed flat core. In this paper, we demonstrate flexibility TDM-DWDM PON architecture, which enable convergence multiple service types on single physical layer. Heterogeneous services modulation formats, i.e., residential 10G channels, business 100G dedicated channel, wireless...

10.1109/jlt.2016.2604864 article EN Journal of Lightwave Technology 2016-08-31

We demonstrate for the first time, feasibility of latency-critical mobile fronthaul (CPRI) transport over a 6 km PON infrastructure with co-existing residential broadband traffic using standards-compliant commercial TDM-PON platform sub-200 μs round trip delay.

10.1364/ofc.2018.tu2k.3 article EN Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2018-01-01

Get PDF Email Share with Facebook Tweet This Post on reddit LinkedIn Add to CiteULike Mendeley BibSonomy Citation Copy Text D. van Veen, W. Pöhlmann, B. Farah, T. Pfeiffer, and P. Vetter, "Measurement Mitigation of Wavelength Drift due Self-Heating Tunable Burst-Mode DML for TWDM-PON," in Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2014), paper W1D.6. Export BibTex Endnote (RIS) HTML Plain alert Save article

10.1364/ofc.2014.w1d.6 article EN Optical Fiber Communication Conference 2014-01-01

Transport of mobile fronthaul traffic has a tight latency requirement about 250us one-way. The best solutions today are based on expensive point-to-point (PtP) fiber links and PtP wavelength division multiplexing. A time multiplexed passive optical network (TDM-PON) is less expensive, but poor 1ms. Guidelines suggested to design an optimized TDM-PON with minimal for transport constant bit rate traffic. total mathematically analyzed using queuing theory, closed-form formulas derived which...

10.1109/iccw.2015.7247156 article EN 2015-06-01

As 5G networks gain momentum towards commercial deployments, TDM-PON can provide an efficient, cost-effective transport to carry radio signals between processing entities of the Radio Access Network (RAN). However, specifically for fronthaul segment RAN, low-latency requirements are challenging support with existing operation. In this paper, we present analysis latency and some techniques traffic bandwidth efficiency.

10.1109/icton51198.2020.9203123 article EN 2020-07-01

Concepts are described for realizing a versatile converged optical metro-access infrastructure supporting heterogeneous mix of multiple services from different operators and kinds customers or client systems over common metro-wide flexible transparent fiber network.

10.1109/ecoc.2010.5621567 article EN 2010-09-01

Fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) has been long sought as the ultimate solution to satisfy demand for broadband access in foreseeable future, and offer distance-independent data rate within network reach. However, currently deployed FTTP networks have most cases only replaced transmission medium, without improving overall architecture, resulting deployments that are cost efficient densely populated areas (effectively increasing digital divide). In addition, large potential increase capacity...

10.1109/icton.2013.6602948 article EN 2013-06-01

Thermally tunable burst-mode directly modulated lasers (DMLs) are the lowest-cost choices for optical network units in time and wavelength division multiplexed passive (TWDM-PON) systems. However, a fast drift caused by operation of this distributed feedback laser needs to be considered. The can result power penalties effectively reducing received also crosstalk when signal drifts into neighboring channels after passing through filter. In paper, we report measurements mitigation methods...

10.1364/jocn.7.000a44 article EN Journal of Optical Communications and Networking 2014-10-09

A periodic wavelength plan allows for a cost-effective WDM solution in PON. Using simple DFB lasers with integrated heaters we demonstrated an 8*10 Gbit/s upstream capacity 512 ONTs hybrid TDM/WDM configuration.

10.1364/ecoc.2011.we.9.c.1 article EN 2011-01-01

The challenging performance targets of future 5G networks will require a radical change in the network design with much closer interaction between wireless and optical systems. Dynamically reconfigurable time-division multiplexing (TDM) dense wavelength division (DWDM) long-reach passive (PONs) provide promising platform to enable convergence residential broadband, enterprise connectivity data traffic onto single architecture by exploiting dynamic allocation DWDM channels. In this paper we...

10.23919/ondm.2017.7958545 article EN 2017-05-01

For emerging TWDM-PON systems, based on burst-mode operation over WDM channels, a main challenge is the laser self-heating during bursts. This effect creates drift of emission frequency, leading to degraded transmission performances, and perturbation adjacent channels. We explain an accurate method for characterization wavelength bursts at bit time level, use this along paper characterize frequency drifts in operation. First, we present optimized directly modulated design reduced...

10.1109/jlt.2017.2753281 article EN Journal of Lightwave Technology 2017-09-20

An open converged metro-access network approach allows for sharing optical layer resources like fibers and spectrum among different services operators. We demonstrated experimentally the feasibility of such a concept by simultaneous operation multiple showing modulation formats multiplexing techniques. Flexible access nodes are implemented including semiconductor amplifiers to create transparent reconfigurable ring network. The impact cascaded on signal quality is studied along ring. In...

10.1364/oe.22.000737 article EN cc-by Optics Express 2014-01-07

We propose a deterministic scheduling scheme for TDM-PON upstream bursts to achieve low latency and jitter with high throughput efficiency. demonstrate co-scheduling of an Ethernet Time Sensitive Network serve industrial applications.

10.1364/ofc.2023.tu3f.5 article EN Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2022 2023-01-01

We demonstrate an intelligent symmetric-rate 8- × 10-Gb/s bidirectional time and wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network with 42-km reach 1:256 split 1425-nm laser pump light provides distributed Raman amplification for the upstream channels (allowing low-cost low-power transmitters), serves as a low-rate telemetry channel, powers splitter module that supervision mission-critical services.

10.1109/jlt.2017.2654967 article EN Journal of Lightwave Technology 2017-02-07

10.1016/j.yofte.2015.07.005 article EN Optical Fiber Technology 2015-08-10
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