UniNet: A hybrid approach for universal broadband access using small radio cells interconnected by free-space optical links

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 973-987

  Acampora, Anthony ^a,m   Bloom, Scott H ^{b,c,d,e,f,g,m}   Krishnamurthy, Srikanth ^{a,c,h,i,j,k,l}  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b AirFiber Inc   (United States)

^c California Institute of Technology ^*

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g ThermoTrex Corp   (United States)

^h BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

ⁱ Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^l Hughes Aircraft Co   (United States)

^m IEEE   (United States)

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Author keywords

Broadband networks; Local access; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

AVAILABILITY; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; CHANNEL CAPACITY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL LINKS; RADIO LINKS; RELIABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BROADBAND ACCESS NETWORKS; FREE SPACE OPTICAL LINKS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 0032136291     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/49.709456     Document Type: Article

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