Abstract :
Using fundamental physical and information theoretical relations, we have considered fundamental capacity limits and possibilities of fiber optical, cellular radio, and satellite communication systems. In a fiber to the home scenario more than 1 Gb/s equivalent circuit-switched capacity may well be feasible in the future. In a microwave cellular or satellite radio network for mobile subscribers it may well be feasible, although requiring low-cost very advanced electronics, to reach several tens of megabits per second
Keywords :
cellular radio; mobile satellite communication; optical fibre subscriber loops; FTTH; cellular radio; fiber optical networks; fiber to the home; fundamental capacity limits; future telecommunications; information theoretical relations; microwave cellular network; satellite communication system; satellite radio network; Circuits; Communication switching; Costs; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Switches;
