TY - JOUR
T1 - Variable delay with directly-modulated R-SOA and optical filters for adaptive antenna radio-fiber access
AU - Prince, Kamau
AU - Presi, Marco
AU - Chiuchiarelli, Andrea
AU - Cerutti, Isabella
AU - Contestabile, Giampiero
AU - Tafur Monroy, Idelfonso
AU - Ciaramella, Ernesto Ciaramella
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PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - We present an all-optical adaptive-antenna radio over fiber transport system that uses proven, commercially-available components to effectively deliver standard-compliant optical signaling to adaptive multiantenna arrays for current and emerging radio technology implementations. The system is based on a directly-modulated reflective emiconductor amplifier (R-SOA) and exploits the interplay between transmission-line dispersion and tunable optical filtering to achieve flexible true time delay, with $2pi$ beam steering at the different antennas. The system was characterized, then successfully tested with two types of signals defined in IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) standard for wireless networks: a 90 Mbps single-carrier signal (64-QAM at 2.4 GHz) and a 78 Mbps multitone orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) signal. The power budget of this configuration supports a 4-element antenna array.
AB - We present an all-optical adaptive-antenna radio over fiber transport system that uses proven, commercially-available components to effectively deliver standard-compliant optical signaling to adaptive multiantenna arrays for current and emerging radio technology implementations. The system is based on a directly-modulated reflective emiconductor amplifier (R-SOA) and exploits the interplay between transmission-line dispersion and tunable optical filtering to achieve flexible true time delay, with $2pi$ beam steering at the different antennas. The system was characterized, then successfully tested with two types of signals defined in IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX) standard for wireless networks: a 90 Mbps single-carrier signal (64-QAM at 2.4 GHz) and a 78 Mbps multitone orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) signal. The power budget of this configuration supports a 4-element antenna array.
U2 - 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026491
DO - 10.1109/JLT.2009.2026491
M3 - Article
SN - 0733-8724
VL - 27
SP - 5056
EP - 5064
JO - Journal of Lightwave Technology
JF - Journal of Lightwave Technology
IS - 22
ER -