Optical wireless communications within fourth-generation wireless systems [Invited]

Journal of Optical Networking

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 312-322

  O'Brien, Dominic C ^a   Katz, Marcos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; FREQUENCIES; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; RADIO; STANDARDS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

FOURTH-GENERATION (4G) SYSTEMS; OPTICAL WIRELESS COMMUNICATION (OWC); ULTRA WIDEBAND (UWB); WIRELESS SYSTEM;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 22744435796     PISSN: 15365379     EISSN: 15365379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JON.4.000312     Document Type: Article

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