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Sub-Carrier-Multiplexed Duplex 64-QAM Radio-Over-Fiber Transmission for Distributed Antennas

Sub-Carrier-Multiplexed Duplex 64-QAM Radio-Over-Fiber Transmission for Distributed Antennas
Sub-Carrier-Multiplexed Duplex 64-QAM Radio-Over-Fiber Transmission for Distributed Antennas
We demonstrate the feasibility of Radio Over Fiber (ROF) transmission of 4 Sub-Carrier Multiplexed (SCM) 64- QAM data streams to a pair of low-complexity Radio Access Units (RAUs), which form part of a virtual MIMO architecture under the control of a Central Unit (CU). The ROF signal is transmitted over low frequency RF carriers and heterodyne detection is used at the RAUs. The 4 coherent optical carriers used for data transmission as well as for heterodyning at the RAUs are generated using a single laser rather than several inevitably non-coherent lasers. Our proposed system transmits duplex data of 480 Mbit/s and 240 Mbit/s in the downlink and uplink directions, respectively at mm-wave frequencies of 25 GHz or 50 GHz.
Ghafoor, Salman
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Ghafoor, Salman
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Hanzo, Lajos
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Ghafoor, Salman and Hanzo, Lajos (2011) Sub-Carrier-Multiplexed Duplex 64-QAM Radio-Over-Fiber Transmission for Distributed Antennas. IEEE Communications Letters. (In Press)

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We demonstrate the feasibility of Radio Over Fiber (ROF) transmission of 4 Sub-Carrier Multiplexed (SCM) 64- QAM data streams to a pair of low-complexity Radio Access Units (RAUs), which form part of a virtual MIMO architecture under the control of a Central Unit (CU). The ROF signal is transmitted over low frequency RF carriers and heterodyne detection is used at the RAUs. The 4 coherent optical carriers used for data transmission as well as for heterodyning at the RAUs are generated using a single laser rather than several inevitably non-coherent lasers. Our proposed system transmits duplex data of 480 Mbit/s and 240 Mbit/s in the downlink and uplink directions, respectively at mm-wave frequencies of 25 GHz or 50 GHz.

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Accepted/In Press date: 18 October 2011
Organisations: Southampton Wireless Group

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Local EPrints ID: 272953
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/272953
PURE UUID: 75ac6f6c-0a5a-4a8e-aba8-946c08f2551f
ORCID for Lajos Hanzo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-2636-5214

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Date deposited: 20 Oct 2011 19:53
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 02:37

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Author: Salman Ghafoor
Author: Lajos Hanzo ORCID iD

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