Distribution of 3G Base Stations on Passive Optical Network Architecture

Author

Le Bras, Hugues ; Moignard, Maryse

Author_Institution

France Telecom R&D Div., Lannion

fYear

2006

fDate

Oct. 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Combining gigabit passive optical network (GPON) architecture with radio over fibre (RoF) technology could be a cost-efficient and attractive solution for operators for the distribution of 3G base stations (BS). We have implemented a PON delivering 2 BS with WDM lasers at remote base station (RBS) and a single photodiode at the Central Office (CO). An experimental study of this architecture for two BS has been performed and successful transmission has been shown for both uplink and downlink transmission. These results have been used to demonstrate the feasibility of distributing 12 3G BS over a 20 km link on a GPON architecture

Keywords

3G mobile communication; microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; photodiodes; radio-over-fibre; wavelength division multiplexing; 3G base station distribution; WDM lasers; downlink transmission; gigabit passive optical network architecture; photodiode; radio over fibre technology; remote base station; uplink transmission; Base stations; Downlink; Fiber lasers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Photodiodes; Stimulated emission; 3G; Passive Optical Network (PON); Radio over Fibre (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Grenoble

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0203-4

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0204-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2006.346567

Filename

4153790