Packaging for millimetre wave fibre-radio modules

Author

Pescod, C.R. ; Auker, G.M. ; Sharp, P.T. ; Sirett, R.G. ; Young, T.P.

Author_Institution

GEC-Marconi Res. Centre, Chelmsford, UK

fYear

1998

fDate

12-14 Oct. 1998

Firstpage

25

Lastpage

27

Abstract

A 27.75-29.32 GHz millimetre wave fibre-radio antenna unit is reported which distributes 622 Mbit/s downlink and 40 Mbit/s composite TDMA uplink ATM multimedia signals to/from customer premises equipment (CPE) located within a 500 m range. Coherent optical signals are used to distribute downlink transmit and LO signals. The uplink millimetre wave signal is downconverted to a 615 MHz IF for transmission on an intensity modulated optical link to the central station.

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; millimetre wave antennas; modules; multimedia communication; optical fibre subscriber loops; packaging; radio access networks; radomes; time division multiple access; 27.75 to 29.32 GHz; 40 Mbit/s; 500 m; 622 Mbit/s; MM-wave fibre-radio modules; central station; coherent optical signals; composite TDMA uplink ATM multimedia signals; customer premises equipment; downlink signals; fibre-radio antenna unit; free space link; intensity modulated optical link; packaging; passive optical network; patch antenna radomes; softboard substrate design; system module; Circuit testing; Downlink; Gold; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical mixing; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Packaging; Passive optical networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics, 1998. MWP '98. International Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Princeton, NJ, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4936-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.1998.745482

Filename

745482