Title :
Performance analysis of IEEE 802.16e WiMAX Radio-over-fiber distributed antenna system
Author :
Yee, Ming-Li ; Oma, Anthony Ng ; Sauer, Michael
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
Interest in radio-over-fiber (RoF) networks has been gaining increasing popularity for RF distribution networks. This paper examines link transmission quality over RoF of the WiMax signal between the base station and RAU in both downlink and uplink instances experimentally. EVM results are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of a fiber link for RF signal distribution. Downlink EVM performance was measured to be better than 3.1% for a RF power range of between -3 dBm to 10 dBm over 5 km RoF. Uplink EVM with AGC was better than 3.1% for an RF input signal range between -70 dBm to -45 dBm over 5 km RoF.
Keywords :
UHF antennas; WiMax; mobile radio; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; IEEE 802.16 WiMax; RF distribution networks; distributed antenna system; downlink EVM performance; error vector magnitude; link transmission quality; radio-over-fiber; uplink EVM; uplink instances; Base stations; Costs; Downlink; Ethernet networks; Fiber lasers; Performance analysis; RF signals; Radio frequency; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; WiMAX; IEEE802.16; Radio over Fiber; WiMAX; fiber; performance; single mode fiber; system; wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2009. MTT '09. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2803-8
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2009.5165666
