• DocumentCode
    400389
  • Title

    Photonic beam-forming for millimeter-wave mobile communications

  • Author

    Grosskopf, G. ; Kuhlow, B. ; Eggemann, R. ; Przyrembel, G. ; Rohde, David

  • Author_Institution
    Fraunhofer-Inst. for Telecommun., Heinrich-Hertz-Inst., Berlin, Germany
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    27-28 Oct. 2003
  • Firstpage
    859
  • Abstract
    Smart antennas are important for mobile broadband transmission systems. We present results of downlink and uplink beam-forming experiments and 155 Mbit/s data transmissions at 60 GHz and 40 GHz using a silica based photonic beam-former.
  • Keywords
    adaptive antenna arrays; beam steering; broadband antennas; integrated optics; microwave antenna arrays; millimetre wave antenna arrays; mobile communication; optical fibre communication; radio links; silicon compounds; 155 Mbit/s; 40 GHz; 60 GHz; downlink beam-forming; millimeter-wave mobile communication; mobile broadband transmission system; silica based photonic beam-former; smart antennas; uplink beam-forming; Antenna arrays; High speed optical techniques; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave technology; Mobile communication; Optical devices; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical transmitters; Optical variables control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2003. LEOS 2003. The 16th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • ISSN
    1092-8081
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7888-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2003.1253072
  • Filename
    1253072