Title :
Study of system dynamic range for WLAN radio signal transmission over MMF and coax cable systems
Author :
Kobyakov, Andrey ; George, Jacob ; Sauer, Michael
Author_Institution :
Sci. & Technol. Div., Corning Inc., NY
Abstract :
We studied several system scenarios for connecting remote antennas to a central control station in a WLAN 802.11 network by multimode fiber-optic links and coax cable links. The system dynamic range was defined and calculated for the uplink connection. For short distances up to 200 m, passive coax cable links have a -20 dB higher dynamic range than fiber links at 5.8 GHz, whereas fiber-optic connections utilizing 50 mum MMF can achieve long distances up to 1000 m. Realistic component parameters based on measurements were used for the analysis
Keywords :
microwave photonics; mobile antennas; optical cables; optical fibre LAN; radio-over-fibre; wireless LAN; WLAN 802.11 network; WLAN radio signal transmission; central control station; multimode fiber-optic links; passive coax cable links; remote antennas; system dynamic range; uplink connection; Coaxial cables; Coaxial components; Dynamic range; Joining processes; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Power cables; Receiving antennas; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN; 802.11a/b/g; VCSEL; WLAN; coax; multimode fiber; radio-over-fiber; remote antenna;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2006. MWP '06. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Grenoble
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0203-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1-4244-0204-2
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2006.346522
