Radio-over-fiber as the energy efficient backhaul option for mobile base stations

2011 IEEE International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics - Jointly Held with the 2011 Asia-Pacific Microwave Photonics Conference, MWP/APMP 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 242-245

  Yang, Yizhuo ^a   Lim, Christina ^a   Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

cell size; digitized RoF; mobile base station; power consumption; radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

BASE STATION ARCHITECTURE; CELL SIZE; DIGITIZED ROF; ENERGY EFFICIENT; MOBILE BASE STATION; RADIO-OVER-FIBERS; TRANSMISSION SCHEMES; TRANSMITTING POWER; URBAN AREAS;

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIBERS; MICROWAVES; PHOTONICS; RURAL AREAS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSMISSIONS;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 84055189887     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/MWP.2011.6088715     Document Type: Conference Paper

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