Transmission of UMTS and WIMAX Signals Over Cost-Effective Radio Over Fiber Systems

Author

Visani, Davide ; Tartarini, Giovanni ; Tarlazzi, Luigi ; Faccin, Pier

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron., Inf. e Sist., Univ. di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

Volume

19

Issue

12

fYear

2009

Firstpage

831

Lastpage

833

Abstract

A comprehensive theoretical and experimental investigation is presented on the performances of cost-effective radio over fiber (RoF) links where the RoF Transmitter is directly modulated by signals complying the Universal Mobile Telecommunications Service (UMTS) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) standards. A numerical model for calculating intermodulation related quantities like the adjacent channel leakage ratio has been developed for this purpose. Measurements have also been performed over real RoF Systems modulated by UMTS and WiMAX signals. A very good agreement has been found between measured and modelled results, and the feasibility of these connections over distances of tens of kilometers has been investigated.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; WiMax; adjacent channel interference; code division multiple access; radio-over-fibre; CDMA; UMTS; WIMAX signals; adjacent channel leakage ratio; cost-effective radio over fiber systems; 3G mobile communication; Chirp modulation; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multiaccess communication; Numerical models; Optical distortion; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Performance evaluation; WiMAX; Adjacent channel leakage ratio (ACLR); OFDMA; W-CDMA; radio over fiber (ROF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Wireless Components Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1531-1309

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LMWC.2009.2033534

Filename

5320196