Broadband access using wireless over multimode fiber systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2430-2435

  Seeds, A J ^a   Ismail, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

IEEE802.11a b g; Multimode fiber (MMF); uncooled lasers; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs); wireless local area network (WLAN); wireless over fiber

Indexed keywords

IEEE 802.11S; UNCOOLED LASERS; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASER; VERTICAL CAVITY SURFACE EMITTING LASERS (VCSELS); WIRELESS OVER FIBERS;

ANTENNAS; DENSE WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; LASER PULSES; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MULTIMODE FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO TRANSMISSION; RADIOFREQUENCY SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE EMITTING LASERS;

WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

EID: 77955527020     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2053347     Document Type: Article

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