Investigation of noise sources in Radio-over-Fiber systems for Wi-Fi applications

Author

Lona, D.G. ; Hernández-Figueroa, H.E. ; Cerqueira, S Arismar ; Assumpção, Raphael M. ; Branquinho, O.C. ; Abbade, M.L.F.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

97

Lastpage

101

Abstract

This work presents a experimental and analytical evaluation of Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) systems applied in Wi-Fi networks operating at 2.4 GHz. The performance metrics used were Packet Error Rate (PER), throughput and Relative Signal Strength Indication (RSSI). We used two different commercial RoF systems and verified the impact of each system on these networks. It was observed that Wi-Fi technology can be successfully applied with RoF technology to provide a remote employment up to 3 km from central office.

Keywords

radio-over-fibre; wireless LAN; PER; RSSI; RoF systems; Wi-Fi applications; Wi-Fi networks; frequency 2.4 GHz; noise sources; packet error rate; radio-over-fiber systems; relative signal strength indication; Laser noise; Optical fiber communication; Optical losses; Optical noise; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; WiFi and performance analysis; hybrid systems; radio over fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169294

Filename

6169294