Performance of external modulators for wireless local area networks under multi-path fading

Author

Kurt, Tolga ; Yongacoglu, Abbas ; Chouinard, Jean Yves

Author_Institution

Sch. of Inf. Technol. & Eng., Univ. of Ottawa, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2004

Firstpage

277

Abstract

The performance of wireless local area networks (WLANs) over fiber systems is investigated under multipath fading for different external modulators and optical system imperfections. Systems employing LiNbO₃ based Mach Zehnder modulators, polymer based Mach Zehnder modulators and electro-absorption modulators are presented. The benefits of wireless transmitter diversity, to deal with the optical domain imperfections, are examined.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; diversity reception; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; fading channels; multipath channels; optical fibre LAN; wireless LAN; LiNbO₃; Mach Zehnder modulators; OFDM; WLAN over fiber systems; electro-absorption modulators; external modulators; multipath fading; optical system imperfections; polymer based modulators; radio over multimode fiber; wireless local area networks; wireless transmitter diversity; Fading; OFDM modulation; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical polymers; Optical transmitters; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8253-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2004.1345010

Filename

1345010