Distributing RF signals in an Ethernet network

Author

Moreira, Paulo ; Serrano, J. ; Alvarez, Pedro ; Darwazeh, Izzat

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK

fYear

2012

fDate

21-24 May 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper, a system architecture designed to distribute radio frequency (RF) signals in an Ethernet-based network is proposed. The Ethernet is the physical layer of the White Rabbit (WR) network. The WR network aims to distribute timing signals with sub-nanosecond accuracy. It is based on the IEEE 1588 and Synchronous Ethernet standards to allow rapid deployment for a broad range of applications. The input RF signal is digitally processed to minimize the required network bandwidth necessary to transport it. Simulations are presented in this paper that show how the different system parameters affect amplitude noise and timing jitter in the distributed RF signal.

Keywords

local area networks; noise; timing jitter; Ethernet-based network; IEEE 1588; WR network; White Rabbit network; amplitude noise; distribute radio frequency signals; distributing RF signals; network bandwidth; subnanosecond accuracy; synchronous Ethernet standards; system architecture; timing jitter; timing signals; Clocks; Jitter; RF signals; Radio frequency; Signal to noise ratio; Timing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frequency Control Symposium (FCS), 2012 IEEE International

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD

ISSN

1075-6787

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1821-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FCS.2012.6243716

Filename

6243716