Radio-over-fiber optical polarization-multiplexed networks for 3GPP wireless carrier-aggregated MIMO provision

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 3721-3727

  Morant, Maria ^a   Prat, Josep ^b   Llorente, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Carrier aggregation; microwave photonics; multiple input multiple output (MIMO); optical communications; polarization multiplexing; radio over fiber (RoF)

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; FIBERS; FREQUENCY BANDS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MIMO SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; POLARIZATION; RADIO-OVER-FIBER;

CARRIER AGGREGATIONS; FREQUENCY-DIVISION DUPLEXES; LTE-ADVANCED (LTE-A); MICROWAVE-PHOTONICS; POLARIZATION MULTIPLEXING; RADIO-OVER-FIBER (ROF); STANDARD SINGLE MODE FIBERS; WIRELESS BACKHAULING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84906872144     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2014.2317591     Document Type: Article

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