Single ODSB radio-over-fiber signal supports STBC at each RAP

Thomas, Varghese, El-Hajjar, Mohammed and Hanzo, Lajos (2015) Single ODSB radio-over-fiber signal supports STBC at each RAP. IEEE Communications Letters, 1331-1334. (doi:10.1109/LCOMM.2015.2429574).

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Abstract

We propose and mathematically characterize a novel radio-over-fiber (ROF) downlink, where a radio access point (RAP) benefits from the transmit diversity gain of space-time block coding (STBC). Significantly, this transmit diversity is achieved using a single optical modulator in the base station (BS). In the proposed architecture, each RAP is fed with a single optical double-sideband signal, where each sideband transmits one of the two STBC-encoded signals. This optical signal is generated in the BS by performing the simultaneous optical upconversion of the baseband STBC signals using a single Mach-Zehnder modulator. The proposed optical backhaul is designed and simulated to impose negligible degradation to that imposed by the dominant wireless link, thereby enabling a designer to exploit the advantages offered by a wireless link having a diversity gain.

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