Title :
MIMO radio signals over fiber in picocells for increased WLAN coverage
Author :
Kobyakov, Andrey ; Thelen, Dean ; Chamarti, Aravind ; Sauer, Matthias ; Winters, Jack
Author_Institution :
Corning Inc., Corning, NY, USA
Abstract :
We show that separating base station antennas in an optically-fed 2×3 MIMO WLAN system increases the overall coverage area in picocells. A peak throughput of 130 Mb/s was measured for antenna spacings of both 16 cm and 7 m.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; mobile antennas; optical fibre LAN; picocellular radio; radio-over-fibre; MIMO radio signals; WLAN coverage; antenna spacings; base station antennas; bit rate 130 Mbit/s; optically-fed WLAN system; picocells; radio-over-fiber; Antenna measurements; Bit rate; MIMO; Optical fibers; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Throughput; Transmitting antennas; Wireless LAN;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528151
