Digitized RF-over-fiber as a cost-effective and energy-efficient backhaul option for wireless communications

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 68, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 23-39

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Power consumption; RF over fiber technique; Wireless communications

Indexed keywords

BAND-PASS SAMPLING; BASE STATION ARCHITECTURE; CELL SIZE; ENERGY EFFICIENT; POWER MODEL; PROOF OF CONCEPT; RADIO-OVER-FIBER TECHNIQUES; RF-OVER-FIBER TECHNIQUE; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SIGNALS;

ELECTRIC POWER UTILIZATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FIBERS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

RADIO-OVER-FIBER;

EID: 84873087346     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12243-012-0319-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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