BlueSpace addresses the challenges of increased capacity, scalability, manageability, resource allocation of 5G networks by adopting a pragmatic yet disruptive and future proof approach. The core concept of this project is exploiting the added value of Spatial Division Multiplexing (SDM) in the Radio Access Network (RAN) with efficient optical beamforming interface for the pragmatic Ka-band wireless transmission band. Both being seamlessly integreable in next generation optical access networks infrastructures with massive beam steering capabilities and with flexible networkmanagement control BlueSpace proposition offers unrivalled characteristics that include:
- a) increased bandwidth provision by naturally enabling and supporting massive multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) in the Ka-band with seamless starting/ending interface with the fiber medium by exploiting space diversity in the RF domain with efficient beamsteering in the photonic domain,
- b) A compact infrastructure that is reconfigurable by means of Software Defined (SDN) and Network Function Virtualization (NFV) paradigms and with
- c) full integration with existing approaches for access networks such as Passive Optical Networks (PONs).
By achieving its goal BlueSpace is a truly viable and efficient path for 5G wireless communications with a 1000-fold increase in capacity, connectivity for over 1 billion users, strict latency control, and network software programming.
F. Azendorf, A. Dochan, K. WilczyÅ„ski, Å. Szostkiewicz, P. Urban, B. Schmauss, F. J. Vilchez, L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo, J. M. Fabrega, M. Eiselt,
Characterization of Multi-Core Fiber Group Delay with Correlation OTDR and Modulation Phase Shift Methods
, in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 8-12 March 2020, San Diego (EEUU).
C. Manso, R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. MartÃnez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
TAPI-enabled SDN control for partially disaggregated multi-domain (OLS) and multi-layer (WDM over SDM) optical networks [Invited]
, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. A21 - A33, January 2021.
R. Muñoz, J. Brenes, S. Rommel, E. Grivas, C. Manso, G. Landi, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, I. Tafur Monroy,
SDN/NFV Control and Orchestration of Dynamic OpticalBeamforming Services for Beyond 5G Fronthaul Networks
, In Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), 6-10 December 2020, virtual event.
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
Network control and orchestration in SDM and WDM optical networks
, in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and communication Conference & Exhibition, 8-12 March 2020, San Diego, California (USA).
J. Brenes, Thomas D. Lagkas, Dimitrios Klonidis,, R. Muñoz, S. Rommel, Giada Landi, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy, Evangelos Grivas, Evangelos Pikasis, Giacomo Bern, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta,
A network slicing architecture for SDM and ARoF-based 5G fronthaul networks
, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, Vol. 12, No. 4, pp. B33-B43, February 2020.
J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, M. Svaluto Moreolo,
Programmable Optical Transmission Systems and Subsystems for Digitized Radio over Fiber
, in Proceedings of XI Reunión Española de Optoelectrónica (OPTOEL 2019), 3-5 July 2019, Zaragoza (Spain)
S. Rommel, D. Pérez-Galacho, J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, S. Sales, I. Tafur-Monroy,
High-Capacity 5G Fronthaul Networks Based on Optical Space Division Multiplexing
, IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, Vol. 65, No. 2, pp. 434-443, March 2019.
J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, M. Eiselt, F. Azendorf, J. P. Turkiewicz, P. W. L. van Dijk, S. Rommel, I. Tafur-Monroy,
Digitized Radio-over-Fiber Transceivers for SDM/WDM Back-/Front-Haul
, in Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON 2019), 9-13 July 2019, Angers (France).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN/NFV Control and Orchestration for SDM Networks
, in Proceedings of 24th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference / International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (OECC/PSC 2019), 7-11 July 2019, Fukuoka (Japan).
N. Yoshikane, R. Muñoz, D. Soma, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
Software-defined control for sliceable multi-dimensional optical networks
, in Proceedings of International Symposium EXAT 2019, 29-31 May 2019, Ise (Japan).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, R. Casellas, L. Nadal, R. MartÃnez, M. Svaluto Moreolo, M. Capitani, G. Landi, S. Rommel, I. Tafur Monroy, G. Otero, J. Dayron López, C. Vázquez,, D. Larrabeiti, D. Sánchez,
SDN/NFV 5G Fronthaul Networks Integrating Analog/Digital RoF, Optical Beamforming, Power over Fiber and Optical SDM Technologies
, in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC), 18-21 June 2019, Valencia (Spain).
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, C. Manso, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, J. M. Fabrega, J. Brenes, G. Landi, M. Capitani, G. Otero, D. Larrabeiti, C. Vázquez, J. D. Lopez-Cardona, E. Grivas, T. Lagkas, D. Klonidis, S. Rommel, R. MartÃnez, R. Casellas,
EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATION OF ADVANCED SERVICE MANAGEMENT IN SDN/NFV FRONTHAUL NETWORKS DEPLOYING ARoF AND PoF
, in Proceedings of the 45th European Conference on Optical Communication ( ECOC 2019), 22-26 September 2019, Dublin (Ireland).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, L. Nadal, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez,
Autonomic SDN Control Of Multi-Adaptive OFDM–Based BVTs In Fully-Disaggregated SDM/WDM Fronthaul Networks
, in Proceedings of the 45th European Conference on Optical Communication ( ECOC 2019), 22-26 September 2019, Dublin (Ireland).
R. Muñoz, N. YOSHIKANE, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, D. SOMA, S. BEPPU, S. SUMITA, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, T. TSURITANI, I. MORITA,
Adaptive SDN control of SDM super-Channels exploiting the spatial-mode dimension
, IEEE/OSA Journal of Optical Communications and Networking , Vol. 12, No. 1, January 2020.
R. Vilalta, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, S. Beppu, D. Soma, S. Sumita, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita, R. Muñoz,
GRPC-BASED SDN CONTROL AND TELEMETRY FOR SOFT-FAILURE DETECTION OF SPECTRAL/SPACIAL SUPERCHANNELS
, in Proceedings of 45th EuroPean Conference on Optical Ommunication (ECOC 2019), 22-26 September 2019, Dublin (Ireland).
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, J. M. Fabrega, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, R. Vilalta, D. Soma, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN-enabled Scaling up/down of SDM Super-Channels Exploiting Spatial Modes with Adaptive MIMO Equalization and Modulation Format Assignment
, in Proceedings of Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), 3-7 March 2019 San Diego (CA), USA.
R. Muñoz, R. Casellas, R. Vilalta, R. MartÃnez,
An Experimental View on 5G Research Projects: From the Lab to the Field
, in Proceedings of 5G Technology Workshop during Mobile World Congress, 28 February 2019, Barcelona (Spain).
J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal,
Experimental Characterization of Back-Scattering Interference Limits for Fronthaul employing Bitrate Variable Transceivers based on OFDM and Direct Detection
, in Proceedings of the Optical Networking and Communication Conference & Exhibition (OFC), 3-7 March 2019, San Diego, CA (USA). 2019.
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. MartÃnez, L. Nadal, D. Soma, Y. Wakayama, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN Control of Sliceable Multi-dimensional (Spectral and Spatial) Transceivers with YANG/NETCONF
, Journal of Optical Communications and Networking (JOCN), Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. A123-A133, February 2019.
R. Vilalta, R. Muñoz, G. Landi, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, M. Capitani, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez,
Experimental Demonstration of the BlueSPACE’s NFV MANO Framework for the Control of SDM/WDM-enabled Fronthaul and Packetbased Transport Networks by Extending the TAPI
, in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
G. Otero, J.D. L´opez-Cardona, R. Muñoz, C. Vázquez, D. Larrabeiti, R. Vilalta, J.A. Hernández, J. M. Fabrega,
SDN-based Multi-Core Power-over-Fiber (PoF) System for 5G Fronthaul: Towards PoF Pooling
, in Proceedings of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2018), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, R. MartÃnez, S. Beppu, D. Soma, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN Control and Monitoring System for Soft-failure Detection and Optical Restoration of Spectral/Spatial Superchannels
, in Proceedins of European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC), 23-27 September 2018, Roma (Italy).
J. M. Fabrega, L. Nadal, R. Casellas, M. Svaluto Moreolo, F. J. Vilchez, R. Vilalta, R. MartÃnez, R. Muñoz, S. Sales, I. Gasulla, J. Capmany,
Experimental Validation of Hybrid WDM/SDM Signal Delivery for Mobile Fronthaul over PONs using SDN-Enabled Sliceable Bitrate Variable Transceivers
, in Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 1-5 July 2018, Bucharest (Romania).
J. M. Fabrega, R. Muñoz, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. Casellas, L. Nadal, R. MartÃnez, R. Vilalta, F. J. Vilchez,
Hybrid WDM/SDM Mobile Fronthaul Traffic Delivery using SDN-enabled Sliceable Bandwidth/Bitrate Variable Transceivers
, in Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Broadband Multimedia Systems and Broadcasting 2018, 6-8 June 2018, Valencia (Spain).
A. Zafeiropoulos, P. Gouvas, E. Fotopoulou, G. Tsiolis, T. Xirofotos, J. Bonnet, G. Carrozzo, S. Rizou, A. Gavras, M. J. Barros, X. Costa-Perez, A. Prasad, M. Gramaglia, A. Tzanakaki, D. Simeonidou, J. Cosmas, M. Fallgren, R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta,
Enabling Vertical Industries Adoption of 5G Technologies: a Cartography of evolving solutions
, in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC 2018), 18-21 June 2018, Ljubljana (Slovenia).
R. Muñoz, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, R. MartÃnez, R. Casellas, N. Yoshikane, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN control and monitoring of SDM/WDM and packet transport networks for 5G fronthaul/backhaul
, in Proceedings of IEEE Summer Topicals Meetings Series, 9-11 July 2018, Waikoloa, Hawai (USA).
R. Muñoz, N. Yoshikane, R. Casellas, J. M. Fabrega, R. Vilalta, M. Svaluto Moreolo, L. Nadal, R. MartÃnez, D. Soma, Y. Wakayama, S. Beppu, S. Sumita, T. Tsuritani, I. Morita,
SDN-enabled Sliceable Multi-dimensional (Spectral and Spatial) Transceiver Controlled with YANG/NETCONF
, In Proceedings of Optical Fiber Conference (OFC), 11-15 March 2018, San Diego (CA), USA.
R. Muñoz, R. Vilalta, J. M. Fabrega, G. Landi, M. Capitani, L. RodrÃguez-Navas, R. MartÃnez, R. Casellas,
BlueSPACE’s SDN/NFV Architecture for 5G SDM/WDM-enabled Fronthaul with Edge Computing
, in Proceedings of European Conference on Networks and Communications (EUCNC), 18-21 June 2018, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
L. Nadal, J. M. Fabrega, M. Svaluto Moreolo,
The photonic-wireless frontier: Current structure of the fronthaul
, in Proceedings of FiWiN5G Winter School, 8 November 2017, Madrid (Spain).