Title :
IST-OBANET: optical smart antennas for mm-wave broadband wireless access networks
Author_Institution :
Fiber Radio Group, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
Several optical beamformer architectures are analyzed in terms of their performance for base station in broadband wireless access networks in millimeter-wave frequency bands. Both upstream and downstream configuration are described and their ability to offer multibeam capability has been considered. The measurements obtained confirm their performance. The work presented here has been carried out in the frame of the IST 2000-25390 OBANET project.
Keywords :
adaptive antenna arrays; arrayed waveguide gratings; beam steering; broadband antennas; broadband networks; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antennas; optical fibre dispersion; optical switches; radio access networks; mm-wave broadband wireless access networks; optical beamformer; optical smart antennas; Array signal processing; Bandwidth; Broadband antennas; Butler matrix; Degradation; Optical arrays; Optical beams; Optical fiber networks; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2003. MWP 2003 Proceedings. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Budapest, Hungary
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8691-4
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2003.1422934
