Wireless signals transport schemes in fiber wireless systems

Author

Shaddad, R.Q. ; Mohammad, A.B. ; Al-Hetar, Abdulaziz M. ; Al-Gailani, S.A.

Author_Institution

Lightwave Commun. Res. Group (LCRG), Univ. Teknol. Malaysia (UTM), Skudai, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

28-30 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

49

Abstract

Next generation (NG) technologies are proposed to provide high data rate, broadband multiple services, scalable bandwidth, and flexible communication for manifold wireless end-users (WEDs). The fiber-wireless (FiWi) network is a promising network for the NG technologies, since it is a powerful combination of optical backhaul and wireless front-end. The optical backhaul of the FiWi network is a tree network connecting the central office (CO) and wireless front-end. The wireless front-end consists of access points (APs) which are widespread to penetrate multiple WEDs. There are two main schemes to transmit the wireless signals in the FiWi system: (1) baseband-over-fiber (BBOF) transmission scheme, (2) radio over fiber (ROF) transmission scheme. This paper will review and discuss the concept and architecture of the FiWi system. This review is important to report the architectures, advantages, disadvantages, and the main parameters of these transmission schemes.

Keywords

next generation networks; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; BBOF; FiWi network; ROF; WED; access points; baseband-over-fiber transmission; broadband multiple services; central office; fiber wireless network; fiber wireless systems; flexible communication; high data rate; next generation technologies; optical backhaul; radio over fiber transmission; scalable bandwidth; tree network; wireless end-users; wireless front-end; wireless signals transport schemes; Integrated optics; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Wireless communication; Base-band over fiber (BBOF); FiWi system; Optical external modulator; Radio over fiber (ROF);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics (ICP), 2013 IEEE 4th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6073-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICP.2013.6687063

Filename

6687063