FTTA System Demo Using Optical Fiber-Coupled Active Antennas

Photonics

Niels Neumann¹  Robert Trieb²  Stephan Frach² 

[1] Chair for RF Engineering, TU Dresden, 01062 Dresden, Germany;

关键词: antennas;    Radio-over-Fiber;    active antennas;    wireless RF components and systems;    microwave photonics;   

DOI  :  10.3390/photonics1030198

来源: mdpi

【 摘 要 】

The convergence of optical and wireless systems such as Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) networks is the key to coping with the increasing bandwidth demands due to the increasing popularity of video and other high data rate applications. A high level of integration of optical technologies enables simple base stations with a fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA) approach. In this paper, we present a complete full-duplex RoF–FTTA system consisting of integrated active fiber-coupled optical receiving and transmitting antennas that are directly connected to a standard single mode fiber optical link. Data rates up to 1 Gbit/s could be shown without advanced modulation formats on a 1.5 GHz carrier frequency. The antennas as well as the whole system are explained and the results of the system experiments are discussed.

【 授权许可】

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