OFDM and externally modulated multi-mode fibers in radio over fiber systems

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2669-2674

  Kurt, Tolga ^a,b   Yongaçog̃lu, Abbas ^a,b   Chouinard, Jean Yves ^a,c  

^a IEEE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Indirect modulation; Multimode fiber; OFDM; Radio over fiber; Transmitter diversity

Indexed keywords

FIBER SYSTEMS; INDIRECT MODULATION; RADIO OVER FIBER; TRANSMITTER DIVERSITY;

FREQUENCY MODULATION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 33750084434     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2006.04678     Document Type: Article

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