Reconfigurable radio access networks using multicore fibers

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Galve, José Manuel ^a   Gasulla, Ivana ^a   Sales, Salvador ^a   Capmany, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Microwave photonics; Multicore fibers; Radio access networks; Radio over fiber systems; Spatial division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

FIBERS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; RADIO; RADIO LINKS; RADIO-OVER-FIBER; RECONFIGURABLE ARCHITECTURES; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TIME DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

MICROWAVE PHOTONICS; MULTICORE FIBER; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; RADIO OVER FIBER SYSTEM; SPATIAL DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84981336033     PISSN: 00189197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JQE.2015.2497244     Document Type: Article

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