Fiber optic millimeter-wave subcarrier transmission links for personal radio communication systems

Author

Ogawa, H. ; Polifko, D.

Author_Institution

ATR Opt. & Radio Commun. Res. Lab., Kyoto, Japan

fYear

1992

fDate

1-5 June 1992

Firstpage

555

Abstract

The authors propose two configurations of fiber optic links for use in millimeter-wave subcarrier transmission for personal radio communication systems. The system concepts for millimeter-wave personal communication systems are first described and the advantages of millimeter-wave frequencies are discussed. The combination of direct modulation and indirect external modulation techniques was utilized to transmit 25-GHz FM and 70-MHz quadrature phase shift keying (QPSK) signals. The fiber optic link was experimentally investigated. The degradation caused by the insertion of the fiber optic link was not observed. The two signals were simultaneously transmitted and excellent performance was achieved.<>

Keywords

cellular radio; digital radio systems; frequency modulation; microwave links; optical fibres; optical links; optical modulation; personal communication networks; phase shift keying; 25 GHz; 70 MHz; BER; FM; QPSK; bit error rate; direct modulation; fiber optic links; indirect external modulation; microcellular system; millimeter-wave subcarrier; optical fibre link; personal radio communication systems; quadrature phase shift keying; transmission links; Base stations; Frequency; Microcell networks; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical transmitters; Radio communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 1992., IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Albuquerque, NM, USA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0611-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.1992.188041

Filename

188041