Title :
Downlink-uplink timing synchronization and optical multipath limitations in 3GPP TD-LTE Radio-over-Fiber networks
Author :
Sklikas, Pavlos ; Gomes, Nathan J.
Author_Institution :
Broadband & Wireless Commun. Group, Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
The performance of Time Division-Long Term Evolution (TD-LTE) Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) networks is investigated in this paper, in terms of downlink Physical Data Rate (PDR). It is shown that the accommodation of the extra propagation delay induced by the optical fiber links increases the protocol overheads and reduces the protocol´s efficiency.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; 3GPP TD-LTE; PDR; RoF network; downlink-uplink timing synchronization; optical fiber link; optical multipath; physical data rate; radio-over-fiber network; time division-long term evolution; Downlink; Long Term Evolution; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2012 International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Noordwijk
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2863-0
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2012.6474094
