Title :
Radio-over-Fiber Architecture for Simultaneous Feeding of 5.5 and 41 GHz WiFi or WiMAX Access Networks
Author :
Pfrommer, H. ; Piqueras, M.A. ; Polo, V. ; Herrera, J. ; Martinez, A. ; Marti, J.
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia
Abstract :
A radio-over-fiber architecture for feeding WiFi (IEEE802.11a) or WiMAX (IEEE802.16) access nodes is demonstrated. The technique is able to feed the nodes with the same signals simultaneously in the 5.5 and 41 GHz bands. This centralized architecture allows for easier channel accumulation in occupied-hot-spots environments and has no need for complex hand-over processes while the user is moving within the network, as all channels are available at all access nodes at any time
Keywords :
WiMax; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; wireless LAN; wireless channels; 41 GHz; 5.5 GHz; IEEE802.11a; IEEE802.16; Mach-Zehnder modulator; WiFi; WiMAX; hand-over; occupied-hot-spots environments; radio-over-fiber; wireless access network; Feeds; Local oscillators; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; RF signals; Signal generators; Stimulated emission; Telecommunication traffic; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; Mach-Zehnder modulator; Radio-over-fiber; access network; wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9541-7
Electronic_ISBN :
0149-645X
DOI :
10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249510
