Radio-over-Fiber based architecture for seamless wireless indoor communication in the 60 GHz band

Computer Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 3598-3613

  Dang, Bao Linh ^a   Larrode, M Garcia ^b   Prasad, R Venkatesha ^a   Niemegeers, Ignas ^a   Koonen, A M J ^b  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

60 GHz; Access networks; Infrastructure; Mobility; Radio over Fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

ACCESS NETWORKS; MOBILITY; RADIO-OVER-FIBER (ROF);

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 36549047428     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2007.08.041     Document Type: Article

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