Title :
Low-Cost Transparent Radio-Over-Fiber System for In-Building Distribution of UWB Signals
Author :
Guennec, Yannis Le ; Pizzinat, Anna ; Meyer, Sylvain ; Charbonnier, Benoit ; Lombard, Philippe ; Lourdiane, Mounia ; Cabon, Béatrice ; Algani, Catherine ; Billabert, Anne-Laure ; Terré, Michel ; Rumelhard, Christian ; Polleux, Jean-Luc ; Jacquinot, Hélène
Author_Institution :
IMEP, MINATEC-INPG, Grenoble, France
fDate :
7/15/2009 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper investigates hybrid fiber-radio networks for in-building distribution of ultrawideband (UWB) signals, in order to extend UWB radio coverage area. An original multipoint to multipoint UWB-over-fiber system, proposed in the frame of BILBAO project, is presented and discussed. System link gain and noise figure are evaluated through theoretical analysis. A simulation model is used to study the impact of E/O transceivers nonlinearity on UWB signals. Experimental results show good agreement with simulation results. A high data rate file transfer, with UWB radio propagation and transmission over 100 m of multimode fiber, has been also successfully demonstrated.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical modulation; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband communication; BILBAO project; UWB radio coverage area; access mode; multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; system link gain; transparent radio-over-fiber system; ultra wideband signals; Access node; multiband orthogonal frequency division Multiplexing (MB-OFDM); multimode fiber; radio-over-fiber (RoF); transparent network; ultrawideband (UWB); vertical cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2009.2014693
