Title :
Energy and deployment efficiency of a millimeter-wave Radio-on-Radio-over-fiber system for railways
Author :
Pham Tien Dat ; Kanno, Atsushi ; Kawanishi, Tetsuyas
Author_Institution :
Nat. Inst. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Koganei, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a radio access network for railways employing millimeter-wave Radio-on-Radio-over-fiber and distributed antenna system, and evaluate its energy and deployment efficiency. We show a trade-off relation between the metrics and drive optimum system design.
Keywords :
millimetre wave antennas; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; railway communication; deployment efficiency; distributed antenna sγstem; energy efficiency; millimeter-wave radio-on-radio-over-fiber system; optimum sγstem design; radio access network; railways; trade-off relation; Antennas; Energy efficiency; Millimeter wave communication; Optical distortion; Power demand; Rail transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0