DocumentCode
3561560
Title
The merging of a WDM fiber-radio backbone with a 25 GHz WDM ring network
Author
Lim, C. ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Attygalle, M. ; Novak, D. ; Waterhouse, R.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia
Volume
1
fYear
2003
Firstpage
273
Abstract
We propose the merging of millimeter-wave broadband fiber-radio systems with WDM access networks at 25 GHz channel spacing. We investigate the performance characteristics of such fiber-radio systems experimentally and via simulation. The overall performance exhibits a penalty of < 2 dB.
Keywords
broadband networks; microwave photonics; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; subcarrier multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM fiber-radio backbone; WDM ring network; access networks; channel spacing; fiber-radio systems; millimeter-wave broadband fiber-radio systems; simulation; Channel spacing; Frequency; Merging; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Spine; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Microwave Symposium Digest, 2003 IEEE MTT-S International
ISSN
0149-645X
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7695-1
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MWSYM.2003.1210932
Filename
1210932
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