Title :
Photonics for gigabit wireless networks
Author :
Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Ranaweera, Chathurika ; Ke Wang ; Yizhuo Yang ; Akhter, Ishita ; Lim, Christina ; Wong, Elaine ; Skafidas, Efstratios
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
Wireless dominates among our future connectivity requirements, moving towards speeds greater than gigabits/second. Photonics can provide energy-efficient, scalable and high-speed fronthaul and backhaul technologies, cost-effective network integration approaches as well as competitive optical wireless connectivity alternatives.
Keywords :
energy conservation; optical communication; radio networks; connectivity requirements; cost-effective network integration approaches; energy efficiency; gigabit wireless networks; optical wireless connectivity alternatives; photonics; scalable high-speed fronthaul and backhaul technology; Antennas; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Photonics; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
