Title :
Comparative evaluation of fibre-optic architectures for next-generation distributed antenna systems
Author :
Pato, Sílvia ; Pedro, João ; Monteiro, Paulo
fDate :
June 28 2009-July 2 2009
Abstract :
The growing relevance of wireless communications has been driving the research and development of advanced network architectures to enable the cost-effective support of large numbers of users at very high data rates. In this context, the FUTON project aims to fulfil the objectives of the so-called 4th Generation (4G) through an innovative Distributed Antenna System (DAS) with centralized signal processing. The DAS is best supported with optical fibre as the transmission medium, consequently requiring an analysis of the most suitable fibre-optic architecture to interconnect its network elements. This paper compares candidate fibre-optic architectures for FUTON, or similar DAS, in terms of their network elements, power budget and relative cost.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; radiocommunication; 4G distributed antenna system; FUTON project; fibre-optic architectures; network elements; power budget; signal processing; wireless communications; Context; Costs; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical signal processing; Power system interconnection; Research and development; Signal generators; Wireless communication; coarse WDM; dense WDM; distributed antenna system; passive optical network (PON);
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Azores
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4825-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4827-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185277
