Design of low-cost multimode fiber-fed indoor wireless networks

Author

Das, Anjali ; Nkansah, Anthony ; Gomes, Nathan J. ; Garcia, Ignacio J. ; Batchelor, John C. ; Wake, David

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron., Kent Univ., Canterbury

Volume

54

Issue

8

fYear

2006

Firstpage

3426

Lastpage

3432

Abstract

A low-cost option for transporting global system for mobile communication, Universal Mobile Telecommunication System and wideband local area network (WLAN) signals using multimode fiber (MMF) with 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs) is investigated through range predictions from a link budget analysis. These predictions are experimentally verified for WLAN signal transmission in an office environment, using a commercial access point and a 300-m (OM1/OM2) MMF link with low-cost 850-nm VCSEL transmitters. The analysis indicates that good performance and signal coverage is possible with optimum design of indoor fiber-fed wireless systems, even when using such inexpensive components

Keywords

3G mobile communication; optical transmitters; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; wireless LAN; 300 m; 850 nm; distributed antenna systems; multimode fiber; radio-over-fiber; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wireless local area networks; Fiber lasers; GSM; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber communication; Signal analysis; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wideband; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Distributed antenna systems (DASs); multimode fiber (MMF); radio-over-fiber; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs); wireless local area networks (WLANs);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9480

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TMTT.2006.877835

Filename

1668361