Integrated Free-Space Optics and Fiber Optic Network Performance Enhancement for Sustaining 5G High Capacity Communications

Table 1

Parameters range with units applied for analyzing 5G NR based fiber-FSO system performance.

Name of the element	Description of the element
Transmitted	64QAM-OFDM
SMF length	25 km
FSO space	500 m
RF range	0.5 m cascaded media
UTC-PD size	250 GHz
Data rate	22 Gbps
5G NR sub-THz signal format	125–200 GHz/22 Gbps
Noise figure	3 dB