Title :
Use of companding to reduce isolation requirements in the remote antenna unit of an OFDM radio over fiber link
Author :
Assimakopoulos, Philippos ; Nkansah, A. ; Gomes, Nathan J.
Author_Institution :
Broadband & Wireless Commun. Group, Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
We demonstrate the use of companding in a directly modulated radio-over-fiber link with the aim of reducing the isolation requirements in the remote antenna unit. The performance of the system is quantified through error vector magnitude measurements.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; antennas; radio-over-fibre; OFDM radio over fiber link; companding; directly modulated radio-over-fiber link; error vector magnitude measurements; isolation requirements; remote antenna unit; Diode lasers; Downlink; Optical fiber communication; Peak to average power ratio; Photodiodes; Power generation; Error Vector Magnitude; OFDM; Radio-over-Fiber; companding;
Conference_Titel :
Communications Workshops (ICC), 2013 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Budapest
DOI :
10.1109/ICCW.2013.6649349
