TY - JOUR
T1 - In-House Networks Using Multimode Polymer Optical Fiber for Broadband Wireless Services
AU - Koonen, Ton
AU - Ng'oma, Anthony
AU - Smulders, Peter
AU - Van den Boom, Henrie
AU - Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso
AU - Khoe, Giok-Djan
PY - 2003
Y1 - 2003
N2 - A novel system concept is presented to transport microwave signals over an in-house multimode graded-index polymer optical fiber network, in order to feed the radio access points in high-capacity wireless LANs. By employing optical frequency multiplying, the network's intrinsically limited bandwidth is overcome. The feasibility of this concept to carry data at several hundreds of Mbit/s speed for various microwave signal formats at carrier frequencies in the tens of GHz range is shown. The concept enables cost-effective system implementation, and easy upgrading by offering data signal transparency. It can readily be integrated with other system technologies such as wired Gigabit Ethernet in a single multi-service in-house polymer optical fiber network.
AB - A novel system concept is presented to transport microwave signals over an in-house multimode graded-index polymer optical fiber network, in order to feed the radio access points in high-capacity wireless LANs. By employing optical frequency multiplying, the network's intrinsically limited bandwidth is overcome. The feasibility of this concept to carry data at several hundreds of Mbit/s speed for various microwave signal formats at carrier frequencies in the tens of GHz range is shown. The concept enables cost-effective system implementation, and easy upgrading by offering data signal transparency. It can readily be integrated with other system technologies such as wired Gigabit Ethernet in a single multi-service in-house polymer optical fiber network.
U2 - 10.1023/A:1022172511450
DO - 10.1023/A:1022172511450
M3 - Journal article
SN - 1387-974X
VL - 5
SP - 177
EP - 187
JO - Photonic Network Communications
JF - Photonic Network Communications
IS - 2
ER -