Abstract: A controller to communications between a baseband unit (BBU) and a remote radio head (RRH) in a mobile fronthaul (MFH) network. The controller to initialize a pseudorandom seeding in the BBU and RRH and to cause the BBU and RRH to generate a pair of matching pseudorandom bit sequences (PRBS) to enable the BBU and RRH to synchronize communications therebetween; to select a wavelength and to select a route, through the MFH network, to enable the BBU and RRH to communicate using the selected wavelength and route; to select an error correction code and a modulation format for communications between the BBU and RRH; to encode one or more parameters of a physical layer in the MFH network into the PRBS; and to monitor a data stream between the BBU and RRH to determine if a bit error rate has changed for each frame of the data stream.

Abstract: In one embodiment the present disclosure provides a controller to control uplink and downlink communications between at least one baseband unit (BBU) and at least one remote radio head (RRH) in a mobile fronthaul (MFH) network, the controller includes pseudorandom seed generating circuitry to initialize a pseudorandom seeding in the at least one BBU and at least one RRH and to cause the at least one BBU and at least one RRH to generate a pair of matching pseudorandom bit sequences (PRBS), the matching PRBS to enable the at least one BBU and at least one RRH to synchronize communications therebetween; wavelength and route assignment circuitry to select a wavelength and to select a route, through the MFH network, to enable the at least one BBU and at least one RRH to communicate using the selected wavelength and route; error code and modulation format selection circuitry to select an error correction code and a modulation format for communications between the at least one BBU and at least one RRH; transmission

Abstract: A proactive and non-obtrusive channel probing scheme is provided to accurately predict channel power, gain, and optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) without disrupting the existing connections. In one example, using a probe signal with 5 ?s pulse duration in a single-hop network, rapid wavelength switching is achieved with power excursions less than or equal to 0.2 dB for different loading configurations.

Abstract: A proactive and non-obtrusive channel probing scheme is provided to accurately predict channel power, gain, and optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR) without disrupting the existing connections. In one example, using a probe signal with 5 ?s pulse duration in a single-hop network, rapid wavelength switching is achieved with power excursions less than or equal to 0.2 dB for different loading configurations.