Optimized RF-to-Photonic Interfaces for mmWave Massive MIMO Arrays (OPeRA)

Task Leader

Alyosha Molnar

Cornell University

COLLABORATIVE FACULTY

Keren Bergman

Columbia University

Ali M. Niknejad

UC Berkeley

Current Students/Postdocs

Christine Ou

Cornell University

Devesh Khilwani

Cornell University

Jamie Ye

Cornell University

Shiyu Su

USC

Md Abu Saleh Tajin

Cornell University

Past members

Alexandra Gallyas Sanhueza

Task Objective

The objective of this task is to explore optimal signal encoding and network topologies for photonic interfaces to massive MIMO transmitter and receiver arrays, aiming to minimize power and complexity at the RF front end.