This summer, Nokia Bell Labs hosted an internal seminar that brought together around 40 participants, creating an engaging platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration. One of the highlights of the seminar was a presentation by José Luis González Jiménez from CEA-Leti, who delivered an insightful talk titled “Recent Investigations of Channel Aggregation Transceiver Architectures for D-band and H-band Communications”.
The presentation showcased the latest research in advanced communications architectures, including contributions from the COREnext project.
Motivations for Polymer Microwave Fiber Communications
One part of the presentation focused on the motivations for Polymer Microwave Fiber (PMF) communications, where COREnext research was highlighted. PMF technology represents a new frontier in high-data rate communications, offering significant benefits for professional connectivity, data centers, connected industries, and medical equipment. The technology aims to replace traditional optical cables, such as 10-25GbE optical links, with more efficient solutions, providing telecom fronthaul applications with better flexibility and scalability.
The research also emphasized the role of PMF communications in bridging the gap between Baseband Units (BBUs) and Radio Heads (CPRI), showcasing how this approach could replace conventional optical cables, offering enhanced performance for on-board interconnections in various industrial and medical sectors.
Sustainability and Industry Impact
For nearly 100 years, Nokia Bell Labs scientists have made many groundbreaking discoveries and innovations including the transistor, the laser, Information Theory, UNIX and more. These breakthroughs have been recognized in the awarding of hundreds of prestigious prizes, including ten Nobel Prizes and five Turing Awards. Nokia Bell Labs continues to champion disruptive technologies for improving sustainability to make a measurable impact on society. By integrating the research results of projects like COREnext, Nokia Bell Labs is advancing the vision of connected industries that operate more efficiently, with reduced energy consumption and lower environmental impact.