Abstract
With the growing need for low cost wireless over fiber systems the use of
multimode fiber (MMF) has become of greater interest. The well known
advantages of optical fiber as a transmission medium such as low loss, light
weight, large bandwidth characteristics and small size make it the most
flexible solution for transporting radio signals to remotely located antenna
sites where coverage is required. To provide reliable indoor cellular and
wireless local area network (WLAN) coverage without dependence on the radio
penetration from outside base stations, it is highly desirable that the same
MMF infrastructure be used to carry additional services between the
equipment room and the remote antenna units around the building. One of the
main benefits of using the wireless over fiber technique is the inherent
transparency to the transported wireless signals. This allows configuring
the system for a range of both wireless and cellular services to be combined
to transmit simultaneously. Hence, it is highly desirable to invest in a
multiservice broadband remoting infrastructure which is capable of handling
both current and future RF systems. In this paper we present an overview of
some of the latest technologies for wireless over multimode fiber
systems.
© 2010 IEEE
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