Design and development of printed antenna remote units for optically distributed mobile communications

Author

Lye, M. ; Waterhouse, R.B. ; Novak, D. ; Zavosh, F. ; Aberle, J.T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. & Electron. Eng., R. Melbourne Inst. of Technol., Vic., Australia

Volume

8

Issue

12

fYear

1998

fDate

12/1/1998 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

432

Lastpage

434

Abstract

The first demonstration of a printed antenna remote unit (ARU) for optically distributed mobile communications compliant with the 1.9 GHz PCN specifications is presented. The ARU consists of a cavity-backed printed antenna with appropriate RF and photonic circuitry. The ARU is low cost, compact, robust, and can be easily positioned in typical microcell/picocell sites. A summary of the design procedure for the ARU and the measured results are given. The developed ARU is a key component for the successful deployment of future optically distributed microcellular mobile communications systems

Keywords

UHF antennas; integrated optoelectronics; microcellular radio; microstrip antennas; microwave photonics; mobile antennas; optical communication equipment; optical fibre communication; personal communication networks; 1.9 GHz; 1.9 GHz PCN specifications; RF circuitry; cavity-backed printed antenna; design procedure; microcell sites; microcellular systems; optically distributed mobile communications; photonic circuitry; picocell sites; printed antenna remote units; Antenna measurements; Circuits; Costs; Microcell networks; Mobile antennas; Mobile communication; Optical devices; Personal communication networks; Radio frequency; Robustness;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave and Guided Wave Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1051-8207

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/75.746766

Filename

746766