Title :
Ultra-wideband radio-over-fibre in transparent optical networks
Author :
Llorente, Roberto ; Morant, Maria ; Beltran, Marta
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
This paper reports the latest advances in ultra-wideband fibre-to-the-home technology, highlighting technology challenges in its current implementation and discussing the technology enablers for the implementation in transparent optical networks. Comparative performance results with in-building optical networks are provided. Finally, the market opportunities of this technology are overviewed.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband communication; in-building optical networks; transparent optical networks; ultra-wideband fibre-to-the-home technology; ultra-wideband radio-over-fibre; Chirp modulation; High definition video; OFDM; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Ultra wideband technology; impulse radio (IR) generation; optical access networks; optical communication; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); radio-over-fibre (RoF); ultra-wideband (UWB) radio;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185071
