Potentials of radio over multimode fiber systems for the in-buildings coverage of mobile and wireless LAN applications

Author

Lethien, C. ; Loyez, C. ; Vilcot, J.-P.

Author_Institution

IEMN, Univ. des Sci. et Technol. de Lille, Villeneuve d´Ascq, Belgium

Volume

17

Issue

12

fYear

2005

Firstpage

2793

Lastpage

2795

Abstract

We evaluate the transmission of digital signal modulated on radio-frequency subcarriers through multimode fiber (MMF) by using low-cost 850-nm vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers and 50-μm/62.5-μm-core matched receptacle photodiodes. Several mobile telecommunication and wireless local area network standards have been transmitted through standard (500 MHz/spl middot/km) and high bandwidth (1500 and 2000 MHz/spl middot/km) Corning Infinicor SXi and SX+ MMF under different lengths (100, 300, and 600 m). Characterization has been carried out to measure error vector magnitude (EVM) variation as a function of fiber type and length. EVM minor to IEEE and ETSI requirements are obtained for all standards being tested such as IEEE 802.11 g with 1.8% root-mean-square for 300 m of 50-μm-core standard MMF at 850 nm.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; IEEE standards; cordless telephone systems; indoor radio; microwave photonics; photodiodes; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 100 m; 300 m; 50 mum; 600 m; 62.5 mum; 850 nm; error vector magnitude; mobile telecommunication; photodiodes; radio over multimode fiber; radio-frequency subcarriers; vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers; wireless LAN; Bandwidth; Digital modulation; Fiber lasers; Optical fiber LAN; Photodiodes; Radio frequency; Surface emitting lasers; Telecommunication standards; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless LAN; Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunication Packet Radio Service (DECT PRS); IEEE 802.11; error vector magnitude (EVM); global system for mobile communication (GSM); multimode fiber (MMF); universal mobile telecommunication systems (UMTS); vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL); wireless local area network (WLAN);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2005.859533

Filename

1542226