On the Power Consumption of MIMO Processing and its Impact on the Performance of SDM Networks

• DOI: 10.1364/ofc.2017.th2a.18
• Publication Date: 2017-03-10T07:16:06Z
• Authors: Nikolaos-Pantelei...; Behnam Shariati; Ioannis Tomkos
• Keywords: Multiplicity (mathematics)

The power consumption of MIMO-DSP for SDM networks is investigated, assuming emerging sub-20-nm CMOS technology. Significant limitations on the network performance are revealed when scaling to large MIMO multiplicity (i.e. 12×12).