Theoretical and experimental optimum system design for LTE-RoF over varying transmission span and identification of system nonlinear limit

IEEE Photonics Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1560-1571

  Ng, W P ^a   Kanesan, T ^a   Ghassemlooy, Z ^a   Lu, Chao ^b  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Long term evolution (LTE); optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OOFDM); radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

3GPP LTE; DIRECT DETECTION RECEIVERS; DIRECT MODULATION; DYNAMIC RANGE; ERROR VECTOR MAGNITUDE; HIGH-SPEED INTERFACES; LINEAR DISTORTIONS; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MODULATION EFFICIENCY; MODULATION SCHEMES; NONLINEAR REGIONS; OPTICAL POWER TRANSMISSION; PARTNERSHIP PROGRAMS; PRACTICAL INVESTIGATIONS; RADIO OVER FIBER SYSTEM; RADIO-OVER-FIBER (ROF); RELAY NODE; SPURIOUS-FREE DYNAMIC RANGE; THIRD GENERATION; THIRD-ORDER INTERMODULATION;

DISTRIBUTED FEEDBACK LASERS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MODULATION; QUADRATURE PHASE SHIFT KEYING; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84865327720     PISSN: 19430655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOT.2012.2211343     Document Type: Article

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