• DocumentCode
    3520739
  • 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
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    24-28 Feb. 2008
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2008.4528151
  • Filename
    4528151