Title :
Full-duplex broadband millimetre-wave optical transport system for fibre-wireless access
Author :
Smith, G.H. ; Novak, D. ; Lim, C. ; Wu, K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia
fDate :
6/19/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A full-duplex, optical feeder network for wireless access operating at 39 GHz is presented. The system transports 155 Mbit/s of data and three video channels downstream, and 51.8 Mbit/s upstream over 40 km of standard single-mode fibre. The 39 GHz carrier signal was generated using a novel tripling technique which enables low frequency electronics and optical components to be implemented in the central office. The architecture also incorporates simple, low cost remote base-stations with no millimetre-wave upconverting mixers required. To further minimise cost, an LED was used as the optical source for upstream transmission
Keywords :
broadband networks; electro-optical modulation; microwave links; millimetre wave propagation; mobile radio; optical fibre networks; 155 Mbit/s; 39 GHz; 40 km; 51.8 Mbit/s; broadband millimetre-wave systems; downstream transmission; full-duplex transmission; low frequency electronics; optical feeder network; remote base-stations; standard single-mode fibre; tripling technique; upstream transmission; video channels; wireless access;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19970784
