A 60 GHz radio-over-fiber network architecture for seamless communication with high mobility

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1957-1967

  Pleros, Nikos ^a   Vyrsokinos, Konstantinos ^b   Tsagkaris, Kostas ^c   Tselikas, Nikolaos D ^d  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

60 GHz wireless communications; Computer architecture; Fiber optics; Indoor wireless; Microprocessors; Moving extended cell; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Pico cellular networks; Radio over fiber; Seamless communication; Vehicle communication; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; INDOOR WIRELESS; MICROPROCESSORS; MOVING EXTENDED CELL; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; PICO-CELLULAR NETWORKS; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; SEAMLESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COMPUTERS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MICROPROCESSOR CHIPS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK LAYERS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL FILTERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO LINKS; RADIO TRANSMISSION; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; VEHICLE TRANSMISSIONS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 67649875312     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2022505     Document Type: Article

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