Frequency quadrupler for millimeter-wave multiband OFDM ultrawideband wireless signals and distribution over fiber systems

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 428-438

  Mohamed, Mohmoud ^a   Hraimel, Bouchaib ^a,b   Zhang, Xiupu ^a   Sakib, Meer Nazmus ^a   Wu, Ke ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Millimeter wave generation; Multiband OFDM; Optical upconversion; Radio over fiber; Subcarrier modulation; Ultrawideband wireless communication

Indexed keywords

MILLIMETER-WAVE GENERATION; MULTIBAND OFDM; OPTICAL UPCONVERSION; RADIO OVER FIBER; SUBCARRIER MODULATION; ULTRAWIDEBAND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION;

FIBERS; FREQUENCY BANDS; FREQUENCY HOPPING; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; MODULATION; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SIGNAL GENERATORS; SWITCHING;

TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 70350564977     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.1.000428     Document Type: Article

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