60 GHz UWB-over-fiber system for in-flight communications

Author

Beltrán, Marta ; Llorente, Roberto ; Sambaraju, Rakesh ; Martí, Javier

Author_Institution

Valencia Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

fYear

2009

fDate

7-12 June 2009

Firstpage

5

Lastpage

8

Abstract

An impulse-radio ultra-wideband (IR-UWB) radio-over-fiber system targeting in-flight communications in the 60 GHz band is proposed and experimentally demonstrated. Baseband monocycles at 1.244 Gbit/s data rate with 3.8 GHz bandwidth are optically generated and up-converted in frequency to 57 GHz employing a Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator in nonlinear regime. The performance of the up-converted IR-UWB signal after the transmission in a cabin installation of 100 m of standard single-mode fiber is studied. The results show that excellent quality IR-UWB pulses are obtained after the in-cabin fiber transmission.

Keywords

aircraft communication; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband communication; Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator; UWB-over-fiber system; bandwidth 3.8 GHz; bit rate 1.244 Gbit/s; frequency 60 GHz; impulse-radio ultra-wideband radio-over-fiber system; in-flight communications; nonlinear regime; single-mode fiber; up-converted IR-UWB signal; Baseband; High speed optical techniques; Interference; Optical fiber communication; Optical pulse generation; Optical pulses; Pulse amplifiers; Signal generators; Space vector pulse width modulation; Ultra wideband technology; Communication Systems; Millimeter wave communication; Optical fiber communication; Optical frequency conversion; Optical pulse generation; Radio communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2803-8

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165618

Filename

5165618