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  1. Connected and Automated Mobility Services in 5G Cross-Border Environments: Challenges and Prospects

    Article • IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine, May 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  2. Incoherent Optical Beamformer for ARoF Fronthaul in Mm-Wave 5G/6G Networks

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, March 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  3. Optical phase-locked loop phase noise in 5G mm-wave OFDM ARoF systems

    Article • Optics Communications, January 2023, Elsevier

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  4. The Role of Opto-Electronic Co-Integration for 6G Systems and Networks

    Article • November 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  5. Editorial: Mobile network technologies for advanced CCAM services

    Article • Frontiers in Future Transportation, October 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  6. Bidirectional ARoF fronthaul over multicore fiber for beyond 5G mm-wave communications

    Article • Optics Communications, October 2022, Elsevier

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  7. Resource Allocation with Vickrey-Dutch Auctioning Game for C-RAN Fronthaul

    Article • October 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  8. Probabilistic Amplitude Shaping to Enhance ARoF Fronthaul Capacity for Mm-Wave 5G/6G Systems

    Article • June 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  9. V-Band Vivaldi Antenna for Beyond-5G Integrated Photonic-Wireless Millimetre Wave Transmitter

    Article • March 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  10. Practical Challenges in Hybrid Communication Ecosystems Based on ITS-G5 and LTE for CACC and GLOSA

    Article • Frontiers in Future Transportation, March 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  11. Beyond 110 GHz Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes on an InP-Membrane-on-Silicon Platform

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, March 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  12. Design and Evaluation of Remote Driving Architecture on 4G and 5G Mobile Networks

    Article • Frontiers in Future Transportation, January 2022, Frontiers

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  13. Securing Communication with Quantum Key Distribution: Implications and Impact on Network Performance

    Article • January 2022, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  14. Resource Management in Converged Optical and Millimeter Wave Radio Networks: A Review

    Article • Applied Sciences, December 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  15. Bidirectional mm-Wave ARoF Fronthaul over Multicore Fiber for 5G and Beyond

    Article • November 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  16. Integrated Optical-Wireless Interface and Detection

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  17. Modulation and Equalization Techniques for mmWave ARoF

    Article • November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  18. Experimental Demonstration of Dynamic Optical Beamforming for Beyond 5G Spatially Multiplexed Fronthaul Networks

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, November 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  19. Optical Injection Locking for Generation of Tunable Low-Noise Millimeter Wave and THz Signals

    Article • Applied Sciences, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  20. Power-over-fiber in a 10  km long multicore fiber link within a 5G fronthaul scenario

    Article • Optics Letters, October 2021, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  21. Experimental Demonstration of Extended 5G Digital Fronthaul Over a Partially-Disaggregated WDM/SDM Network

    Article • IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, September 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  22. Highly Tunable Heterodyne Sub-THz Wireless Link Entirely Based on Optoelectronics

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology, May 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  23. Transition technologies towards 6G networks

    Article • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  24. Flexible resource provisioning of polarization independent coherent PONs based on non-orthogonal multiple access and multiCAP modulation

    Article • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, April 2021, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  25. Analysis and Compensation of Phase Noise in Mm-Wave OFDM ARoF Systems for Beyond 5G

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, March 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  26. Investigation of de-embedding techniques applied on uni-traveling carrier photodiodes

    Article • International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies, March 2021, Cambridge University Press

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  27. Real-time high-bandwidth mm-wave 5G NR signal transmission with analog radio-over-fiber fronthaul over multi-core fiber

    Article • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  28. Investigation of De-embedding Techniques Applied on Uni-Traveling Carrier Photodiodes

    Article • January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  29. Millimeter-Wave Outphasing using Analog-Radio over Fiber for 5G Physical Layer Infrastructure

    Article • January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  30. SDN/NFV Control and Orchestration of Dynamic Optical Beamforming Services for Beyond 5G Fronthaul Networks

    Article • December 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  31. Impulse Response Measurement of Spooled and Twisted Few-Mode Multi-Core Fiber for Short-Range Optical Links

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, November 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  32. All-Photonic Heterodyne sub-THz Wireless Transmission at 80 GHz, 120 GHz and 160 GHz Carrier Frequencies

    Article • November 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  33. Millimeter-wave Generation Using Hybrid Silicon Photonics

    Article • Journal of Optics, October 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  34. Towards a Scaleable 5G Fronthaul: Analog Radio-over-Fiber and Space Division Multiplexing

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, October 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  35. An eHealth-Care Driven Perspective on 5G Networks and Infrastructure

    Article • September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  36. Simulation of an Integrated UTC-Photodiode with a High-Speed TIA for 5G mm-Wave Generation

    Article • September 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  37. Candidate Waveforms for ARoF in Beyond 5G

    Article • Applied Sciences, June 2020, MDPI AG

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  38. Experimental Assessment of Modulation Formats for Beyond 5G mm-Wave ARoF Systems

    Article • June 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  39. Real-Time Demonstration of ARoF Fronthaul for High-Bandwidth mm-Wave 5G NR Signal Transmission over Multi-Core Fiber

    Article • June 2020, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  40. A network slicing architecture for SDM and ARoF-based 5G fronthaul networks

    Article • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, January 2020, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel, Dr. Thomas D Lagkas

  41. An end-to-end 5G automotive ecosystem for autonomous driving vehicles

    Article • January 2020, SPIE

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  42. 6G and Fog Node Mobile Systems for Cooperative, Autonomous, and Dynamic Applications

    Article • November 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  43. High Data Rate W-Band Balanced Schottky Diode Envelope Detector for Broadband Communications

    Article • October 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  44. Bidirectional K-Band Photonic/Wireless Link for 5G Communications

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  45. High Data Rate W-Band Balanced Schottky Diode Envelope Detector for Broadband Communications

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  46. The Integration of 5G, PON and VLC Technologies for Ubiquitous Connectivity in Autonomous and Cooperative Systems

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  47. The Optical Fiber and mmWave Wireless Convergence for 5G Fronthaul Networks

    Article • September 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  48. 5G RAN architecture based on analog radio-over-fiber fronthaul over UDWDM-PON and phased array fed reflector antennas

    Article • Optics Communications, August 2019, Elsevier

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  49. Analog Radio Over Fiber Fronthaul for High Bandwidth 5G Millimeter-Wave Carrier Aggregated OFDM

    Article • July 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  50. Digitized Radio-over-Fiber Transceivers for SDM/WDM Back-/Front-Haul

    Article • July 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  51. Quantum Data Encryption as a Service on Demand: Eindhoven QKD Network Testbed

    Article • July 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  52. W-Band Heterodyne Wireless System with 2.3 GHz Intermediate Frequency Driven Entirely by ErAs:In(Al)GaAs Photoconductors

    Article • July 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  53. Analog Radio-over-Fiber 5G Fronthaul Systems: blueSPACE and 5G-PHOS Projects Convergence

    Article • June 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  54. SDN/NFV 5G Fronthaul Networks Integrating Analog/Digital RoF, Optical Beamforming, Power over Fiber and Optical SDM Technologies

    Article • June 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  55. Beyond 5G - wireless data center connectivity

    Article • February 2019, SPIE

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  56. ARoF-Fed Antenna Architectures for 5G Networks

    Article • January 2019, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  57. Chromatic Dispersion Analysis and Compensation in a Large Core-Count Few-Mode Multi-Core Fiber Based on Optical Vector Network Analysis

    Article • January 2019, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  58. Physical-layer confidentiality by chaotic encoding in radio-over-fiber systems

    Article • January 2019, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  59. High-Capacity 5G Fronthaul Networks Based on Optical Space Division Multiplexing

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  60. Enhanced Modal Dispersion Estimation Enabled by Chromatic Dispersion Compensation in Optical Vector Network Analysis

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  61. Polarization equalization in optical vector network analysis for SDM fiber characterization

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, January 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  62. Flexible resource provisioning of coherent PONs based on Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access and CAP signals

    Article • January 2019, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  63. Experimental demonstration of advanced service management in SDN/NFV fronthaul

    Article • January 2019, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  64. Measurement of Modal Dispersion and Group Delay in a Large Core Count Few-Mode Multi-Core Fiber

    Article • September 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  65. The Fronthaul Infrastructure of 5G Mobile Networks

    Article • September 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  66. Data Center Connectivity by 6G Wireless Systems

    Article • September 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  67. 1 Gb/s chaotic encoded W-band wireless transmission for physical layer data confidentiality in radio-over-fiber systems

    Article • Optics Express, August 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  68. Testing Facilities for End-to-End Test of Vertical Applications Enabled by 5G Networks: Eindhoven 5G Brainport Testbed

    Article • July 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  69. Millimeter Wave Hybrid Photonic Wireless Links - Also for Broadcast?

    Article • June 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  70. Design of Multi-core Fiber Patch Panel for Space Division Multiplexing Implementations

    Article • Fiber & Integrated Optics, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  71. Physical Layer 1 Gb/s Secret Wireless Data Transmission at W-Band using a Photonic Duffing System

    Article • January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  72. Centralized optical true time delay beamforming at 60 GHz with multicore fiber distribution

    Article • January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  73. High-Speed Wireless Access in Forested Rural Areas Using Analog Radio-over-Fiber Technology

    Article • January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  74. mm-Wave and THz Analog Radio-over-Fiber for 5G, Wireless Communications and Sensing

    Article • January 2018, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  75. Numerical analysis of misalignment effects in few-mode multi-core fiber systems

    Article • October 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  76. Few-mode fiber, splice and SDM component characterization by spatially-diverse optical vector network analysis

    Article • Optics Express, September 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  77. Analysis of Few-Mode Multi-Core Fiber Splice Behavior Using an Optical Vector Network Analyzer

    Article • September 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  78. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access and Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation for 5G Mobile Networks

    Article • September 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  79. Pulse shaping for high data rate ultra-wideband wireless transmission under the Russian spectral emission mask

    Article • International Journal of Communication Systems, August 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  80. Short range inter-datacenter transmission with carrier delivery and remote modulation for 112 Gb/s PM-QPSK signals

    Article • July 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  81. Real-time 2.5 Gbit/s ultra-wideband transmission using a Schottky diode-based envelope detector

    Article • Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, January 2017, Wiley

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  82. Reconfigurable Radio Access Unit for DWDM to W-Band Wireless Conversion

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  83. Capacity Enhancement for Hybrid Fiber-Wireless Channels with 46.8Gbit/s Wireless Multi-CAP Transmission over 50m at W-Band

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  84. Optically Generated Single Side-Band Radio-over-Fiber Transmission of 60Gbit/s over 50m at W-Band

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  85. Real-time Measurements of an Optical Reconfigurable Radio Access Unit for 5G Wireless Access Networks

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  86. Performance Evaluation of Wavelet-Coded OFDM on a 4.9 Gbps W-Band Radio-over-Fiber Link

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  87. Characterization of a Fiber-Coupled 36-Core 3-Mode Photonic Lantern Spatial Multiplexer

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  88. Non-Orthogonal Multiple Access and Carrierless Amplitude Phase Modulation for Flexible Multi-User Provisioning in 5G Mobile Networks

    Article • Journal of Lightwave Technology, January 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  89. Minimization of Crosstalk in Multicore Optical Fibre Link using Real-time FPGA-based Approach

    Article • January 2017, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  90. Reconfigurable Radio Access Unit to Dynamically Distribute W-Band Signals in 5G Wireless Access Networks

    Article • Optical Switching and Networking, November 2016, Elsevier

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  91. 15Gbit/s duobinary transmission over a W-band radio-over-fiber link

    Article • November 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  92. W-band real-time transmission utilizing a reconfigurable RAU for NG-PON networks

    Article • November 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  93. Evaluation and performance analysis of 3D printing technique for Ka-band antenna production

    Article • October 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  94. Reconfigurable remote access unit for W-band radio-over-fiber transmission

    Article • September 2016, SPIE

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  95. Pulse shaping for high capacity impulse radio ultra-wideband wireless links under the Russian spectral emission mask

    Article • September 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  96. Up to 35 Gbps ultra-wideband wireless data transmission links

    Article • September 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  97. Remote Access Unit for optic-to-wireless conversion

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  98. Ultra wideband signal detection with a Schottky diode based envelope detector

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  99. Analysis of optical fiber complex propagation matrix on the basis of vortex modes

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  100. Convergence of photonics and electronics for Terahertz wireless communications

    Article • June 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  101. W-band photonic-wireless link with a Schottky diode envelope detector and bend insensitive fiber

    Article • Optics Express, May 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  102. First experimental impulse-radio ultra-wideband transmission under the Russian spectral emission mask

    Article • Electronics Letters, May 2016, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (the IET)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  103. Multiband carrierless amplitude/phase modulation for ultrawideband high data rate wireless communications

    Article • Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, April 2016, Wiley

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  104. On the capacity of radio-over-fiber links at the W-band

    Article • Opto-electronics, April 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  105. 10Gb/s ultra-wideband wireless transmission based on multi-band carrierless amplitude phase modulation

    Article • April 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  106. 225m Outdoor W-Band Radio-over-Fiber Link Using an Optical SFP+ Module

    Article • January 2016, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  107. Outdoor W-Band Hybrid Photonic Wireless Link Based on an Optical SFP+ Module

    Article • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, January 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  108. Additive Manufacturing of Ka-band Antennas for Wireless Communications

    Article • January 2016, Research Publishing Services

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  109. Rapid Prototyping by 3D Printing for Advanced Radio Communications at 80 GHz and Above

    Article • January 2016, Research Publishing Services

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  110. Performance analysis of wavelet channel coding in COST207-based channel models on simulated radio-over-fiber systems at the W-band

    Article • Opto-electronics, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  111. Single-step digital backpropagation for nonlinearity mitigation

    Article • Photonic Network Communications, December 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  112. Requirements for bend insensitive fiber in millimeter-wave fronthaul systems

    Article • October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  113. Radio-over-fiber transmission using vortex modes

    Article • October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  114. Channel characterization for high-speed W-band wireless communication links

    Article • June 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  115. Coherent 100G nonlinear compensation with single-step digital backpropagation

    Article • May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  116. Microwave Photonics Technologies Supporting High Capacity and Flexible Wireless Communications Systems

    Article • January 2015, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  117. Demonstration of 4Gbit/s Duobinary Ka-Band Hybrid Photonic-Wireless Transmission

    Article • January 2015, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel

  118. Low RF Complexity Photonically Enabled Indoor and Building-to-Building W-Band Wireless Link

    Article • January 2015, Optical Society of America (OSA)

    Dr. Simon Rommel