Radio over fiber link design for next generation wireless systems

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2456-2464

  Wake, David ^a   Nkansah, Anthony ^a   Gomes, Nathan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed antenna systems; next generation wireless systems; radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

DESIGN ISSUES; DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED ANTENNAS; LINK DESIGN; LOW COSTS; NEXT GENERATION WIRELESS SYSTEMS; OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; RADIO CHANNELS; RADIO OVER FIBER; RADIO OVER FIBER LINK; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; SUB-CARRIERS; UPLINK POWER CONTROLS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL CAPACITY; DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; RADIO BROADCASTING; RADIO LINKS;

RADIO TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77955545100     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2010.2045103     Document Type: Article

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