Fiber-wireless networks and subsystem technologies

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 390-405

  Lim, Christina ^a   Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ^a   Bakaul, Masuduzzaman ^a   Gamage, Prasanna ^a   Lee, Ka Lun ^a   Yang, Yizhuo ^a   Novak, Dalma ^b   Waterhouse, Rod ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b LLC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fiber wireless; Microwave photonics; Optical wireless integration; Radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

FIBER CHROMATIC DISPERSION; FIBER-WIRELESS; FIXED WIRELESS ACCESS; FREQUENCY REGIONS; GEOGRAPHICAL COVERAGE; HIGH THROUGHPUT; HYBRID FIBER; HYBRID NETWORK; MILLIMETER-WAVE (MM-WAVE); MM-WAVE; NON-LINEARITY; OPTICAL IMPAIRMENTS; OPTICAL WIRELESS INTEGRATION; OPTO-ELECTRONICS; RADIO NETWORKS; RADIO-OVER-FIBERS; ROUTING FUNCTIONALITY; SUBSYSTEM TECHNOLOGY; TECHNICAL CHALLENGES; ULTRA-HIGH BANDWIDTH; WDM TECHNOLOGY; WIRELESS SIGNALS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIBERS; INTEGRATION; MICROWAVES; MILLIMETER WAVE DEVICES; MILLIMETER WAVES; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 76749131631     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2009.2031423     Document Type: Article

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