Static Skew Compensation in Multi Core Radio over Fiber systems for 5G Mmwave Beamforming

Abstract

Multicore fibers can be used for Radio over Fiber transmission of mmwave signals for phased array antennas in 5G networks. The inter-core skew of these fibers distort the radiation pattern. We propose an efficient method to compensate the differential delays, without full equalization of the transmission path lengths, reducing the power loss and complexity.