VCSEL-based Single-mode and Multimode Fiber Star/Tree Distribution Network for Millimeter-wave Wireless Systems

Author

Nkansah, Anthony ; Das, Anjali ; Gomes, Nathan J. ; Shen, Pengbo ; Wake, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Kent Univ., Canterbury

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

A cost-effective VCSEL-based star/tree radio over fiber architecture for indoor millimeter-wave systems is presented. The indoor pico-cells can be located many km from a Central Office, with the longer distance distribution performed using single-mode fiber and the in-building distribution using multimode fiber. The feasibility of the system is verified through experimental results demonstrating emulated signal transmission (QPSK, 16-QAM, 64-QAM at 6MSps) over the required single-mode and multimode fiber components with good EVM performance

Keywords

indoor communication; laser cavity resonators; microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; telecommunication network topology; EVM performance; VCSEL; indoor millimeter-wave wireless systems; indoor pico-cells; multimode fiber; multimode fiber star-tree distribution network; pico-cellular system; radio over fiber; signal transmission; single-mode distribution network; single-mode fiber; Central office; Fiber lasers; Microwave frequencies; Millimeter wave technology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Proposals; Quadrature phase shift keying; Topology; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Radio over fiber; VCSELs; millimeter-wave wireless systems; pico-cellular systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346504

Filename

4153806