Toward Next Generation Broadband Radio-over-Fiber Systems: Technological Challenges in the Millimeters-Wave Band

In this paper, we present a review based in the most relevant scientific works of radio-over-fiber technology. The most important issues of the state-of-the-art evolution are exposed. We show a description of the main devices and the most recent experimental tests that suggest the integration betwee...

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Autores:
Jhon James Granada Torres; Universidad Nacional de Colombia sede Manizales
Claudia Milena Serpa Imbett; Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Medellín
Gloria Margarita Varón Durán; Universidad Nacional de Colombia
Neil Guerrero González; Universidad de Antioquia
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Fecha de publicación:
2011
Institución:
Universidad del Norte
Repositorio:
Repositorio Uninorte
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:manglar.uninorte.edu.co:10584/4169
Acceso en línea:
http://rcientificas.uninorte.edu.co/index.php/ingenieria/article/view/3619
http://hdl.handle.net/10584/4169
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Summary:In this paper, we present a review based in the most relevant scientific works of radio-over-fiber technology. The most important issues of the state-of-the-art evolution are exposed. We show a description of the main devices and the most recent experimental tests that suggest the integration between wired and wireless networks, and the convergence in heterogeneous networks. In this review, we identify a trend toward the increase of the radiofrecuency-carrier in the millimeter-wave bands (75-100 GHz) which show that the next generation of radio-over-fiber system will operate in this band of large capacity available. The challenge consisting of reaching multi-Gbps wireless transmissions in these systems very soon.